Brady, Dekker and I have arrived! We’re south of Edmonton and looking forward to a HUGE sale of baby clothes, toys, maybe a carrier?, and whatever exciting stuff we can get our hands on. This sale happens every year, and it was only two short years ago that my brother and sister in law texted us a picture of a beautiful wooden cradle from this sale, that they then bought for us and that Dekker used while he lived in our room for his first few months of life. Definitely hoping to find a few great gems again!
Brady worked his crazy butt off this week in preparation for having Friday off. I had a prenatal appointment at 11:45 and we were fifteen minutes late!!! We are never late. As in ever. And our doctor was already through seeing patients. The receptionist called her at her desk and she happily agreed to see us. Once in the room, I apologized and she sluffed it off, saying she had made us wait for her dozens of times. I appreciated that so much. Because of course its true, but its something we all somewhat expect from our doctors. We just don’t expect them to acknowledge it. I love our doctor.
It was a really good appointment. She’s been keeping good tabs on me since I started out my pregnancy with a pretty high anxiety level. She asked me if I had been having any anxiety recently and I told her my only real anxiety currently lay in Dekker’s diaper rash. three weeks of a diaper rash has made me feel like a total failure. She took a bunch of extra time and did a nice thorough exam of him, talked prescriptions, and even had some encouragement about our potty training debate. All of these things to calm me nerves. I appreciated it so much! We also talked about my faintness and blood pressure and dizziness, and we decided to bump my 26-28 week bloodwork up a bit, and get it done in the next couple of weeks, just to double check my iron and thyroid levels. We talked about how I’m making the effort to change up my eating habits and make them healthier and more often. She made the joke that as doctors, they’re sort of taught to contradict the “eating for two” theory, but in my case, I should definitely eat for two! Another thing we talked a bit about was delivery. I didn’t expect to talk about labor and delivery for quite a while yet, but something that has lingered in the back of my mind is the concept of having another large baby and having the delivering doctor (won’t necessarily be her) lean towards a c-section, just based on Dekker’s size. Now hear me when I say I have NOTHING against c-sections at all! I think having a c-section is just as big of an accomplishment as a drug free delivery. Just my opinion, to each their own. But I would love to delivery vaginally again if I could, and I know I can! But I was worried I would be pushed to deliver via c-section because of Dekker’s mondo size. I don’t even remember how the conversation came up but she quickly assured me that Dekker’s delivery proved that my body can accomodate a large baby easily, without incident, and that no one will just opt for a c-section without giving me a good chance at labor. Made my day. I wasn’t super worried about it yet or anything, but curious, and thankful to have it cleared up this early in the game! As you can see, we covered a lot of ground and were in the appointment for probably over a half hour, but we were having such a nice chat, and she was dreading doing an afternoon of dictations, so it seemed we were all happy to be in each others company. Babys heart rate was jumping all over the place as he/she fled from the doppler over and over. From 160-150-180 beats per minute. She laughed and commented that we have a very excited baby, and if its a girl, she’s a diva. Give her space 🙂 It was a good appointment.
I feel awesome as we left. Every question answered, and I liked all the answers. We headed straight to my moms to have lunch with her, and then we got on the road. Stopped for greasy burgers along the way and now we are here, with family, and sooo ready for bed! All of us have lived pretty crazy lives the last week or two, and it should be nice to rest a bit together. But tomorrow will be early! Well, for Dekker and I anyway. Breakfast at 9am, and to the sale for 10am!!! Hopefully I’ll have pictures to post of some exciting finds tomorrow!
Sleep well everyone.