38-Week Doctor Visit

>> Monday, July 13, 2009

This week we got to see Dr. A (who also said she's on call this weekend, so if I go into labor, she's the lucky doc!), and it was a really good appointment.

First I got my weight (below) and blood pressure (good) checked. Then Dr. A came in, and did the internal exam (which hurt, again, but didn't last as long as Dr. G's exam last week) and announced that I'm two centimeters (but she didn't say how effaced I am). She also agreed that I've lost my mucus plug (gross).

Bill asked if those things are an indicator of anything, and she said that I am just as likely to go into labor in two weeks as I am to have my water break on the way to the car. It amazes me that it's 2009 and the medical world hasn't come up with a clearer picture of what induces labor (or a better way to get the baby out!).

She said that the baby's heart rate is perfect and I'm measuring great. She felt my belly and said that the baby definitely is head down, so we're in the right position at least.

She reiterated how to time contractions, and I asked her about the practice's theory on pushing -- whether I'll be told to push as soon as I reach 10 centimeters, or if I will hold off until I have that "urge" to push. Dr. A confirmed that it's better to wait until that urge to push, to avoid spending four hours pushing with no result. I was glad to hear that. I'd be happy to push for four minutes. Where can I sign up for that?

Our next appointment is Monday night, July 20. Unless I go into labor first. (Eeeek!)

Today's weight gain: 3.2 pounds
Total weight gain: 34.4 pounds

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Steph and Bill

We officially met at Rowan University, in Bozorth Hall, in publication layout class in January 2003: Bill was a student, I was the professor’s helper. He kept pretending he didn’t know how to make bulleted lists, but I knew he just wanted me to keep running over to his computer.


We basically moved in together and started dating at the same time, and spent a couple of years hanging out and dreaming about the future and driving up and down the NJ Turnpike from our parents houses to “our” apartment in Glassboro, until we both moved back home after graduation from grad school. Where the pressure to get married already really started.


On June 17, 2005, I suggested we go into the city to see the Empire State Building, because it was something neither of us had ever done. On the walk from the train, I put on my left hand a ring he had given me for Christmas — I said I didn’t need a ring to know we were going to get married, and anytime he got around to it was fine. Whatever. Typical Steph-fighting-words.


When we got to the Empire State Building, I tried to go inside, but he kept me outside, saying how big the building was. I said, yeah, that’s great, let’s go inside, and started to walk toward the door. He grabbed my arm and spun me around to kiss and hug me, and said, Take that ring off that hand. If you’re going to have a ring on that hand, it has to be the right one. And he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a box and got down on his knee on the New York concrete and proposed. People coming out of the building stopped to watch. I cried.


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Miss Maeberry

Miss Maeberry came into our lives on March 24, 2007. She was born Jan. 11 of that year in the Poconos, and we rescued her as soon as we could. (Not really, but, well, we were glad to bring her home from the breeders’.) She was a tiny, scared, little bundle of fur … and then she grew up. Aside from the plethora of health issues she has, she’s a bit crazy. But we love her anyway.


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Xavier Shea

The love of all of our lives, and the main subject of this blog. Xavier came into our lives on Aug. 1, 2009, and quickly shot up both on the growth charts and in our hearts.


Let’s not waste anymore time here and just get to it, shall we?

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