Birth date

[percival]

On August 8, 2005, we will finally get to see the little person who's been squishing my lungs, churning around in my belly, and making a splash in the amniotic fluid.

At 7.30am, we'll report to reception, and some time before lunch (hopefully), we will have our baby. We will be scheduled around the other elective Caesarean sections that day, with space for any emergencies that arise. Did I mention that I'm not to eat any breakfast, and that all I'm allowed to have is some water, tea or coffee with sugar (no milk) BEFORE 6am? I hope they do a nice line of IV blood glucose, because baby has this new trick of growing and growing and growing ...

Oh, and did you say you had a birth plan? Well, in principle, your birth plan is fine, except that you will have to negotiate it in a semi-famished state with the registrar, anesthesist, and paediatrician du jour. Sheesh. But then, I didn't expect anything else. I think pretending to be medical will help, so I'm off to buy an obs/gyn textbook ;)

Comments

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your induction date!! :)

[perceval.livejournal.com]

It's actually going to be a Caesarean section ;)

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

I realized that as soon as I hit the POST key ;) Congratulations either way. Knowing when it's going to happen has to be a relief. YIIKES! Less than a month away!!

[chrysantza.livejournal.com]

You'll have a Leo baby! Bet you can't wait! :D

[katinka31.livejournal.com]

Not far away at all! I'm so excited for you. :)

Regarding birth plans, I agree with you. I think it's good to develop one and discuss it with your doctor, but during the actual birth, you will be dealing with 87,000 people OTHER than him/her, who have never seen your plan before. And I found with the first that I often wasn't in a state to really realize what was going on, which is why I commanded my husband to advocate for me OR ELSE with this last one. :)

[perceval.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, my husband knows exactly what I want, and I trust him to pipe up for me :)

[b4zookajules.livejournal.com]

Aaiie, that's so exciting :D xxxx

[wench2002.livejournal.com]

Eeeeee! It's so close! I'm so pleased and excited for you. :)

[narcissam.livejournal.com]

Err... do you know I was having a rather difficult time the last several months and not reading my flist on a regular basis, and I actually err... didn't know you were pregnant. Am absolutely overjoyed, as I've been keeping you and your husband in my prayers. Well, I'll keep doing so. We just got our own little baby the other day, and I know how wonderful it is.

Now, I think I'll tell you something. I promised to pray for you many months ago, and I particularly was asking the late Mother Teresa for her intercession for a very personal reason. You see, my Uncle David and Aunt Maria were married for years and unable to get pregnant. They were going through much the same sort of fertility treatment as you, but with no result. But when they met Mother Teresa, Aunt Maria asked her to pray that they could have a child.

She said, "God has lots of babies. I'll ask him to give you one."

A few months later, my aunt became pregnant with my cousin Suzanne, who's now 15. This wasn't an inexplainable miracle, of course, but I do think that prayer is a very powerful thing, and so I asked for her prayers for you.

Good luck with the baby, and congratulations again.

[perceval.livejournal.com]

Wow. That is ... just so amazing and wonderful. I'm lost for words. Especially since this baby was conceived in the VERY month we turned our back on IVF and decided to start adoption procedures in a year's time. IVF was just too harrowing, and the outcome was too uncertain. I was reading books about adoption during the week before my positive test.

(Baby says "splish" by the way. S/he sometimes audibly wallows in his/her amniotic fluid.)

How's your baby doing? I was absent from LJ for more or less 4-5 months, too, because there's just so much to do - still winding up two part-time jobs, and I'll be working until the end of Week 37.

[actionreplay.livejournal.com]

write the birth plan down beforehand, and go over it with GP/midwife.

You must be excited and nervous at the same time....

[perceval.livejournal.com]

Well, going over it with GP/midwife is not as useful as having already gone over it with the registrar, because they know far more about what can and cannot be done.

Fortunately, the birth plan has been written for WEEKS - we'll take two laminated copies into theatre with us.

still a LOT to do ...

[piperx.livejournal.com]

Wow, I can't believe it's just right around the corner. I'm so excited!

I wouldn't worry about the food. You will be so preoccupied with a million other things, I bet you won't even notice not eating. Questions that will probably take over your thoughts: What does he/she look like? Will he/she be healthy? Will it be quick? How will T react? How will I react? Do these doctors really know what they're doing? How can they be so calm?! ;-)

I know this is selfish of me to ask, but if there's anyway to shoot me a quick e-mail, I'll be on the edge of my seat here. If you or T are too busy, I'll totally understand.

I can't stop smiling now. :)

[perceval.livejournal.com]

Don't worry - I will set up a mailing list that T will send the news to in the evening of 8/8.

[joesther.livejournal.com]

Wow - 8/8, great birthday! I'm so excited for you!

*blows kisses* ♥ ♥ ♥

[apel.livejournal.com]

Wow, a date brings it to a whole new level or reality, doesn't it? Best of luck. I agree with the other person who said to make sure hubby is aware of your plans and tasked with advocating for you. He helped create it, he'd better help get it born too. ;-)

[perceval.livejournal.com]

Oh I trust him to help me on all counts. There's just one issue that I will need to fight myself, and that is having the screen *down* for the op. It will make me feel more involved and less like a person who has something done to her by masked people behind a barrier. my husband is quite squeamish, though, so he will probably keep his eyes far away from the business end ;)

Ooooh!

[amaterasu.livejournal.com]

Less than a month already? WOW! I can't wait to meet the little one!

[queen-ottf.livejournal.com]

::throws a mini-party::

Congratulations/good luck/whatever you're supposed to say at such an occasion!

[cynthia-black.livejournal.com]

Wow, it's getting *so* close now! Do take care of yourself during this last less-than-a-month, won't you?

Re the birth plan: type it up in detail, put it in your hospital case in readiness, and thrust it into the hands of staff du jour as soon as you get there!

[perceval.livejournal.com]

We'll even laminate it so taht it can be sterilised and go into theatre with us ;)