I had a better one than last week where she measured me lying on my couch and my fundal height was only 33cm at 36 weeks and she told me the baby was small and expressed concern and once again grilled me about my diet and slowing down. I haven't gained any weight in a few weeks but the midwife I saw today said it was perfectly normal. My fundal height was 35cm at 37 weeks and the baby is engaged so if she weren't I probably would be measuring bang on. And this one doesn't think the baby is THAT small, probably between 6 and 7 pounds, which is what my daughter was. She also put my fears about cord compression to sleep (it's something I've been really nervous about lately for no particular reason, and this morning an email bulletin from Midwifery Today landed in my inbox featuring that very subject, so really put me into a panic). She listened for a bit longer than usual to the heartbeat to demonstrate to me that it was perfectly normal and the baby was reactive. But basically she was very sympathetic and she listened to my concerns and fears and reassured me. And she at this point those constant BH contrax are totally normal and nothing to worry about. But she reminded me, as did the other midwife last week and my doula, not to wait very long to call once I feel I'm in labour because things could happen very quickly this time around. Here's to hoping!
It's interesting the difference between going into your first baby experience and subsequent ones. Before the first the baby is just a concept but this baby has been so real for us for so long it's like she's already here, so the thought of losing her for any reason is that much more scary and I'm coming up with all these worst case scenarios. I've been so good at not doing that this whole pregnancy but I guess it's the end of pregnancy jitters.
Anyways, hopefully not much longer now. DH is off until September as of this Friday (YAY!!!) so I can have the baby anytime after that
Here's to another early baby!
ILANA
It's interesting the difference between going into your first baby experience and subsequent ones. Before the first the baby is just a concept but this baby has been so real for us for so long it's like she's already here, so the thought of losing her for any reason is that much more scary and I'm coming up with all these worst case scenarios. I've been so good at not doing that this whole pregnancy but I guess it's the end of pregnancy jitters.
Anyways, hopefully not much longer now. DH is off until September as of this Friday (YAY!!!) so I can have the baby anytime after that
Here's to another early baby!ILANA
