Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The final countdown

This morning, I had my last weekly OB-GYN appointment before Thursday's scheduled c-section. It was the first time doctors looked at the fetal monitoring chart and said, "The baby looks great!" In previous appointments, the baby sometimes seemed sluggish and the doctor would have me drink juice to wake him up a bit.

Today, Dr. Chapman, was a little late for my appointment because of a c-section surgery that ran long. So while he was driving from the hospital to the clinic, his colleague, Dr. Reider, stopped by to check on me. He's the obstetrician for two of my friends - he was also in my fifth grade class! He wished me luck on Thursday.

I'm starting to get a little anxious about the surgery. With Nico, we ended up with an emergency c-section after 14 hours of induced labor. By the time we decided to opt for the c-section, I was exhausted and just ready for it all to be over; there was no time to be nervous.

I'm nervous now.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Can't wait to hear about your new little one!!!

L. Liu said...

welcome, Baby! i'm writing at 2:45 PST Thursday so i think maybe you're here already...

can't wait to see you!

hope mama and everyone are doing well!

Unknown said...

I can't wait to "meet" the new addition! Hope you are all doing well. Don't forget to take lots and lots of pictures for those of us soooo far away. :)

Chris said...

good lord, you have all this time off from work and you can't take 10 minutes to update your blog?

slacker....