37 And A Half Weeks

I had an appointment today with yet another new doctor. I wanted to meet with the doctor who is scheduled to be on call the week the baby is due. I really like her, I think I may keep her as my female doctor in the future. I went in and was sure to let them know I'm sick, and have been for a 6 days. So she made sure I wasn't suffering from anything too serious, and we are both hoping the baby doesn't arrive until after I recover from this. So it's just your run of the mill sickness. She did give me the okay to keep taking Sudafed, and she gave me a scrip for my indigestion.

My appt went well. My weight gain was like nil, my bp was 96/52. I asked to do a cervical check, and I'm effaced 50% and dilated 1 cm. Not that it means much. Though, I was effacing with Elijah at 38 weeks, and he arrived at week 39. Some women can be dilated for weeks before they deliver.

We visited the hospital last Thursday to do the tour. Elijah and Geoff saw the birthing room, before they left to go play. It's not exciting enough for Elijah. I wish the recovery room was as big as the birthing room, and had the cool glider chairs. But the recovery room has a room service menu. :) It's very likely I'll be in the hospital between 24-48 hours. Because they don't circumcise the baby until he is 24 hours old. But I will push to get home asap, even though Geoff thinks I should take advantage of the alone time in the hospital. Amy will stay with Elijah as long as we want, but Geoff and I don't want him to feel like he's not important to us. So Geoff will stay home with Elijah after the birth of the baby, and they'll come visit us. So, that's the plan.

My next appt isn't until February 8. Pending I don't go into labor before then, or something else come up, expect an update then. (Ashley, I will try to post a picture this week, once my face stops being all splotchy from my sickness)