Elly
September 2nd 03, 08:41 AM
"Carolyn Jean Fairman" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Carolyn, glad you had such a good appointment and that everything is going
smoothly!
> I'm so envious of all of you with 35+ week checkups!
I do know what you mean. When I was around 14 weeks or so and had my regular
every-4-weeks check-up with my ob/gyn, I remember sitting with the nurse
taking my blood pressure; another pregnant lady was in the office, and the
nurse was talking to her, and it got mentioned that she was 36 weeks. An
amazed "Wow!" just came out of my mouth :-) I loved being (relatively) newly
pregnant, but 36 weeks seemed so far away.
Well, now I'm 35 weeks + 1 day, and sometimes I still can't believe it!
Anyway, I just wanted to say, enjoy every moment of it - it goes by *so*
fast!
Be well,
Elly
EDD October 6th
This is my
> second and I can pass on the whole being pregnant forever thing, but I
> guess that's not an option LOL.
>
> I met with the midwife who delivered my son. She remembered me from 5
> years ago! Then again I was the woman who wanted to go unmedicated
> and called for an epidural at about 7cm, then sent the guy away as
> soon as he arrived, then called him back 10 minutes later and then
> sent him away ... the midwife pointed out there were women who DID
> want the epidural and he couldn't come back for a while after this,
> and then I was ready to push. (I sent the anesthesiologist away the
> last time because the nurse was chattering, 'Good, now I can get an
> internal monitor on the baby, catheterize you and ...' which freaked
> me out).
>
> I went over the things that bothered me most with that labor and I
> wanted to know Kaiser's policies now.
>
> 1. Can I switch nurses? Yes, but go at it through the midwife. She
> explained the nurses were, ah, very used to women with epidurals
> who just sit in the bed (even *before* the epidurals!). I'm sure
> the nurse had a scare every time she came in and I was in the
> shower. Plus I did NOT want to be anywhere near the bed. If I'm
> having a conflict the midwife will intervene.
>
> 2. Monitoring. I just hate it. Upon arrival they will require a
> 20-30 minute strip, no negotiating. After that it is one
> contraction every half hour/hour with a hand doppler. Thanks be to
> the gods of birthing that these people remembered they have hand
> dopplers. That monitor was a pain, literally, strapped around my
> belly and not even picking up the heartbeat. I am apparently the
> only woman they have seen who directed her partner to RUB her belly
> during contractions. Which, of course, can't be done with the two
> straps on. I mean, do they really need to strap you on a
> contract-o-meter? I can tell just fine when I'm having one and the
> nurse can check the heartbeat before, during and after it. Then
> the nurse can go away. :)
>
> 3. Light food and juice fine in labor. Another phew. I had planned
> to sneak in clear gatorade but now I can just bring smoothies/
> juices, red raspberry leaf tea with tons of sugar, probably
> gatorade anyway, crackers and stuff like that.
>
> 4. Doulas are fine. The more support the better and the midwife noted
> in my chart that I am planning an unmedicated birth.
>
> Then I got to hear the heartbeat -- 150 bpm or so! Everything else
> checked out fine. I'm relieved to get all my worries out of the
> way. She was also very positive about red raspberry leaf tea, so I'll
> keep drinking my one cup and increase that when I get to the third
> trimester.
>
> --Carolyn
>
> --
> Carolyn Fairman
> http://www.stanford.edu/~cfairman/
...
Carolyn, glad you had such a good appointment and that everything is going
smoothly!
> I'm so envious of all of you with 35+ week checkups!
I do know what you mean. When I was around 14 weeks or so and had my regular
every-4-weeks check-up with my ob/gyn, I remember sitting with the nurse
taking my blood pressure; another pregnant lady was in the office, and the
nurse was talking to her, and it got mentioned that she was 36 weeks. An
amazed "Wow!" just came out of my mouth :-) I loved being (relatively) newly
pregnant, but 36 weeks seemed so far away.
Well, now I'm 35 weeks + 1 day, and sometimes I still can't believe it!
Anyway, I just wanted to say, enjoy every moment of it - it goes by *so*
fast!
Be well,
Elly
EDD October 6th
This is my
> second and I can pass on the whole being pregnant forever thing, but I
> guess that's not an option LOL.
>
> I met with the midwife who delivered my son. She remembered me from 5
> years ago! Then again I was the woman who wanted to go unmedicated
> and called for an epidural at about 7cm, then sent the guy away as
> soon as he arrived, then called him back 10 minutes later and then
> sent him away ... the midwife pointed out there were women who DID
> want the epidural and he couldn't come back for a while after this,
> and then I was ready to push. (I sent the anesthesiologist away the
> last time because the nurse was chattering, 'Good, now I can get an
> internal monitor on the baby, catheterize you and ...' which freaked
> me out).
>
> I went over the things that bothered me most with that labor and I
> wanted to know Kaiser's policies now.
>
> 1. Can I switch nurses? Yes, but go at it through the midwife. She
> explained the nurses were, ah, very used to women with epidurals
> who just sit in the bed (even *before* the epidurals!). I'm sure
> the nurse had a scare every time she came in and I was in the
> shower. Plus I did NOT want to be anywhere near the bed. If I'm
> having a conflict the midwife will intervene.
>
> 2. Monitoring. I just hate it. Upon arrival they will require a
> 20-30 minute strip, no negotiating. After that it is one
> contraction every half hour/hour with a hand doppler. Thanks be to
> the gods of birthing that these people remembered they have hand
> dopplers. That monitor was a pain, literally, strapped around my
> belly and not even picking up the heartbeat. I am apparently the
> only woman they have seen who directed her partner to RUB her belly
> during contractions. Which, of course, can't be done with the two
> straps on. I mean, do they really need to strap you on a
> contract-o-meter? I can tell just fine when I'm having one and the
> nurse can check the heartbeat before, during and after it. Then
> the nurse can go away. :)
>
> 3. Light food and juice fine in labor. Another phew. I had planned
> to sneak in clear gatorade but now I can just bring smoothies/
> juices, red raspberry leaf tea with tons of sugar, probably
> gatorade anyway, crackers and stuff like that.
>
> 4. Doulas are fine. The more support the better and the midwife noted
> in my chart that I am planning an unmedicated birth.
>
> Then I got to hear the heartbeat -- 150 bpm or so! Everything else
> checked out fine. I'm relieved to get all my worries out of the
> way. She was also very positive about red raspberry leaf tea, so I'll
> keep drinking my one cup and increase that when I get to the third
> trimester.
>
> --Carolyn
>
> --
> Carolyn Fairman
> http://www.stanford.edu/~cfairman/