I ended up working a 17-hour day yesterday. The weather was pretty bad, so we spent more time on the road travelling than we expected, which meant I didn’t get home until 1:30am last night. But, the meeting went very well, much better than I was expecting. So that was good. This morning, I slept in until around 9:30am and then had an appointment with the midwife at 11:30am and came to work after that. So, today will be a nice, short 4-hour work day.
Our appointment with the midwife this morning went well. There is a 4th year midwifery student ‘shadowing’ our primary midwife, so she asked us if it would be okay if the student did our appointment today. Totally up to us, but if we liked the student, then it would be her and our primary midwfie present at our birth instead of our primary and secondary midwives (and we’re not too keen on our secondary midwife anyway). And, the other benefit of the student is she and our primary midwife would be there the whole time, whereas usually you only have one midwife until you are actually pushing and then the second midwife arrives. So, we decided to meet the student and see what we thought. We were very impressed! I think I like her the best out of everyone! So, needless to say, we will definitely let her be involved in our care! I feel very good about this.
My gestational diabetes screen came back normal, so that’s good. Baby is measuring right on track, all my stats are right where they should be. Our next appointment is on December 11th.
Tonight is my free evening for this week, so I am looking forward to that!
2 comments:
Hip hip hooray for a free evening!
Glad to hear that you like the midwifery-student... especially since she will replace the midwife you aren't keen on (is that the one who couldn't find the heartbeat, but it took the other midwife less than a minute to find it?). Sounds like baby is doing well!
Yes, we were VERY impressed with the student. And yes, our second midwife who we are not keen on is the one that had all the trouble finding the heartbeat a couple months ago. She just seems really scattered and like she doesn't really know what she's doing. Not a trait you want in a midwife.
So, if we can have our primary midwife who we are really happy with and the student who impressed our socks off today, that will be fabulous!
Yup, baby is doing well so far! Hard to believe I have less than 10 weeks to go before my due date!!! Carlos and I are SO EXCITED!
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