Archive For The “Midwife” Category
After twelve and a half hours, our little boy finally made his entrance at 10:16 pm, just about an hour and forty-five minutes short of my 30th birthday! He weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and 20 1/4 inches long. He already looks a lot like his brothers and sister, especially Spunky. He had a bit [...]
My mom and I went to see my midwife this morning for my 37 week (full term!) check up, and everything looks good: still 3cm dilated and 70% effaced BP: 124/70 lost a pound from last week Our baby boy looks to be around 7 pounds already NO more bedrest for me, but we aren’t [...]
This morning Bunky and I headed to visit my midwife while the big kiddos spent the day with friends. At the 36-week appointment, they test for Group B Strep. I figured while she was down there, she might as well check to see if I am dilated yet. The results: 3cm dilated 70% effaced head [...]
I think I shared that I’ve been having heart palpitations for the last few weeks. It has gotten to the point where sometimes I become short of breath during the palpitations. Once, I even became very dizzy. I went for a check-up with my midwife today and explained all of these things to her. She [...]
Today’s appointment went well. My midwife stripped my membranes (ouch!) and hopes I’ll go into labor this weekend because she is on call. My back has been hurting me today, which could be a sign of early labor or the fact that I am hugely pregnant and didn’t sleep well last night. The baby is [...]
Tomorrow could be the BIG DAY. My midwife is going to strip my membranes tomorrow afternoon. This is supposed to bring on contractions which can lead to labor. I had it done with Spunky, and it didn’t bring on labor, just a week straight of contractions. So that may be the case for this baby [...]
