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We have a date!
Feb. 20th, 2008 07:52 pmOur son will be born on March 20 at the Big Local Teaching Hospital. That is, provided that Big Local Teaching Hospital doesn't shut its doors to any but the most urgent cases, as it has done frequently during the past couple of months. And provided that they can fit me in on the day, seeing that I'm second on the list of planned sections. Despite this, I will have to attend from 7.30am, with an empty stomach and last drinks (tea/coffee/water) at 6am. Well, DH and I love playing games (San Juan, Carcassonne, you get the drift), so we'll have plenty to do.
No, I don't know who will be delivering the baby, it could be somebody I've never met. Yes, I do have a birth plan, but I'll have to discuss it all over again with the midwife / surgeon / anaesthesist who will be there on the day. Did I mention that the Local Teaching Hospital is Big and Overworked?
The only alternative hospital is next to impossible to get to using public transport, which means that it would be extremely difficult for my parents and DD to come and see me during the 3-4 days I'll stay in. Did I mention that my parents are specially flying over from Germany to help with DD while I'm in hospital? I really do hope that I won't be delayed until the 25th, because it does make a difference if you have full-time help with a toddler for 4 days or for 9 days. It would also mean that my husband would waste several days of paternity leave waiting for our son to be born.
My blood sugar is much more stable than last time around, but even so, I will have a signed-off bit in my notes that entitles me to glucose top-ups through my IV canula if I haven't been seen by midday.
Oh, and did I mention I am delaying the start of my maternity leave by a week? Imagine everything going pear-shaped that possibly can, despite having told people between 7 and 10 weeks pregnant and planned like a maniac for an easy third trimester. I think it's time to hear Mr Armstrong sing "We have all the time in the world ..."
No, I don't know who will be delivering the baby, it could be somebody I've never met. Yes, I do have a birth plan, but I'll have to discuss it all over again with the midwife / surgeon / anaesthesist who will be there on the day. Did I mention that the Local Teaching Hospital is Big and Overworked?
The only alternative hospital is next to impossible to get to using public transport, which means that it would be extremely difficult for my parents and DD to come and see me during the 3-4 days I'll stay in. Did I mention that my parents are specially flying over from Germany to help with DD while I'm in hospital? I really do hope that I won't be delayed until the 25th, because it does make a difference if you have full-time help with a toddler for 4 days or for 9 days. It would also mean that my husband would waste several days of paternity leave waiting for our son to be born.
My blood sugar is much more stable than last time around, but even so, I will have a signed-off bit in my notes that entitles me to glucose top-ups through my IV canula if I haven't been seen by midday.
Oh, and did I mention I am delaying the start of my maternity leave by a week? Imagine everything going pear-shaped that possibly can, despite having told people between 7 and 10 weeks pregnant and planned like a maniac for an easy third trimester. I think it's time to hear Mr Armstrong sing "We have all the time in the world ..."
