Emotion 1: Fear
I got an email this morning from a good friend of mine who just had her baby. She went into the hospital on Sunday night to be induced. After 24 hours of hard labor, she had a C section. Her new baby boy was 9.5 lbs! The reason this scares me is that my delivery date is 2 weeks after hers and my sonograms measured right in line with hers. So when hers said 7.5 lbs, mine did too!
At my last sonogram (which was last Friday) the baby measured 8.5 lbs. My doctor said she thought the baby was closer to 8 lbs based on the size of my stomach, but there is a margin of error on sonogram weight estimations of 2 lbs in either direction... 6.5 pounds sounds just fine, but 10.5 sounds impossible. Given that I am borderline for gestational diabetes, there is a good chance my baby will be on the bigger side, so while I am optimistic there is a devilish part of me that is just absolutely sure I'm in for it.
That being said, here's how they take the measurements: head circumference and diameter, rib cage, thigh bone. Emily has a big head. (Go figure. Someone with a big head in this family. I mean, c'mon, the head has to be big enough to hold the ego. I wonder who she inherited that trait from...) Her rib cage is measuring where it should and her thigh bone is long. I'm gonna brag on that one. Since I have a 34 inch inseam in flats, we know where that came from. All that being said - I'm crossing my fingers that she'll just be long and skinny. And hopefully her head won't get any bigger between now and delivery!
Emotion 2: Relief
Today we interviewed a second pediatrician. The first was really nice and seemed to have a good practice. She came highly recommended and took a holistic approach. The pediatrician we interviewed today blew us away. He was obviously a critical thinker. Not just about medicine, but about life in general. (And it certainly didn't hurt that his undergrad degree was from UT and his major was Plan II - just like mine!) He took about 30 minutes to answer all of our questions about vaccinations, overall medical philosophy, and all kinds of other things. Mike and I both like a whole lot of information. We loved that he was willing to explain his opinions and back them up with research and personal stories about how he handles things with his own kids. This is one are we have been concerned about - and we were getting a little worried since we obviously procrastinated on this front. It is a huge relief to have found someone we feel like we can trust. And the fact that communication was easy just makes things even better.
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