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I really, really suck at blog post titles.
So, we had our 36.5 week appt. today, and things are looking good so far. BP still (still!) behaving, no protein. I was glad to have showered, since I correctly surmised that today would be a cervical exam - thick and only barely effaced. Which is good news - as ready as I am to get this show on the road, I’d really like to make it to the scheduled date if possible. Did the GBS test as well; I tested positive last time, so I’m guessing I probably will again. Although I don’t know how much this matters in the case of a c-section.
The doctor also told me about some study in Massachusetts, I think, that correlated head size with IQ. We’ll see. Since I’m having a repeat c-section, he didn’t seem very concerned about the ginormous head, and said that otherwise 2.0 is measuring pretty normal.
So now I’m in the middle of making a list of things I need to take with us to my parents’ house, including:
Clothes for MM
Clothes for me (much harder, since I have no idea what I’ll be able to wear once this is over. I have a very reliable - if very religious-culty - denim jumper that will do, and button-down shirts should fit my belly again, so that’s what I’ll be basing my overall fashion statement on)
Clothes for 2.0 (I have them; in my utter superstition, I’m only planning to wash what I absolutely must have to start off. Everything else can wait until we get him home)
Swaddling blankets
The breast pump
MM’s Little People
MM’s “new baby” doll, complete with layette and bottles, in hopes of easing the transition
My address book (for Christmas cards/announcements - they’ll be one and the same)
Laptop, and dissertation paraphernalia
MM’s books
All the Christmas presents I’ve ordered, since the plan is to stay at my parents’ through Christmas
The carseat and bouncy seat
Bottles, just in case
Infant diapers (my parents have MM’s diapers…although I should probably bring the pull-ups)
Maxipads
That lanolin stuff they gave me at the hospital last time for sore nipples (TMI! TMI!)
I know I’m forgetting something…oh, well. M. can bring along whatever I leave here.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Don’t forget about those waaaay cool stretchy, netting-like “underpants” from the hospital - I think I still have some left from Em’s birth! Although I totally wonder how, um, that will be this time around, given that we’re headed straight to c-section land with no stops in pushville or i-can-see-her-head town.
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December 5th, 2007 at 10:37 am
I HATED those stupid things. For one thing, they’re one-size-fits-all-as-long-as-you’re-thin, which meant they were constantly riding down. I ditched them pretty quickly. I don’t know what’ll happen this time; the last time is kind of a blur, to be honest, and, like you say, there were stops along the way (never got to pushing, because I never dilated past about 4 cm - we went nowhere fast). Assuming I make it to the scheduled date, at least I won’t have been drugged up for 12 hours and past the point of exhaustion. I’m just looking forward to the possibility of taking a shower before I leave for the hospital!
December 7th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
OMG - I forgot about those…
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November 5th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Actually, quite frankly, the commentary is more interesting messages themselves. (Not to insult the author, of course:))
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