Holy cow… 36 weeks and 4 days. 36 and a half weeks. This is seriously getting close…ahhhhh!!!! Tomorrow morning we have our pre-admit visit at the hospital to get all our paperwork filled out. I'm also meeting with HR at work after that to finalize my maternity leave. Then Thursday bright and early at 7:30am we have an ultrasound to determine for certain where Seth's little head is (not to mention the placenta, and the cord, etc... those all factor in as well), and an appt following that at 8:45am with Dr. H. After that Eric is going to AAA to get the car seat checked out.
Questions for Dr. H that I cannot forget to ask -- if the ECV puts the baby in distress and results in an emergency C section, what kind of anesthesia can I expect? They're not going to just knock me out are they??? But it seems to me like if there was a true emergency there might not be time for a spinal or epidural. Eeek! I hate hate HATE the idea that I'd just be put to sleep and then wake up to a new baby staring me in the face. That scares me more than anything.
Also I want to ask him what his personal VBAC policy is. I'm hopeful based on the information I found about Sacred Heart, it seems like maybe you're not destined for repeat C sections until you've had TWO, but I want to find out for sure. I've been reading A LOT about C sections trying to prepare myself for the worst, but maybe… just maybe… Seth will do a little flippy on his own or the ECV will work and I can avoid getting cut open.
Just in case, we are getting our bags packed this weekend. Last night I pulled out Seth's little stack of hats to see which one would be the cutest in his 1st baby pictures. Breathe in, breathe out...
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