For any of you that have had the experience of watching your wife during her OB appointments, you know it is not always the most comfortable viewing. The doctors are always, or have been in our case, professional and appropriate. But there is something about seeing your wife with her legs in the air and another man involved that is a little unsettling; even if it is to check how the whole pregnancy thing is progressing. Fortunately Emilee has not found any more doppler/ultrasound/spelunking equipment for us to try to track things at home.
At least we like the Obstetricians we have visited. More importantly Emilee likes them. Although, when she was at her appointment last week and she told the OB she had an upper respiratory infection with a sinus infection and he answered "sucks to be you!" I think she would have kicked him in the teeth if he would have stayed in range long enough. She even warned him against doing this again at this week's visit. He promised to play nice.
In the long run though I know it is the nurses that will make the difference in the L&D. I mean they do all of the work then the doc shows up for the credit and the pay check right? So I just hope that the nurses have their act together. They will be the ones that get us settled, make sure we don't lose our minds, and hopefully keep me out of trouble. I just don't want Emilee to have to give me any looks during labor. But I am sure I will get more than a couple of them.
So this weeks appointment was an introduction into something new. Emilee, notice I did not say we, had her dilation status checked. Enter the man and your wife's legs up in the air. I do not care that I have been in this position 312 times throughout the infertility leg and now the fertile leg of this experience; it is still not the most comfortable position to be in. Actually Emilee's is probably not the most comfortable position, but I digress. So the man in the white coat does his thing and gives us the news....
"You are 2 centimeters dilated and thinning nicely". He says all of this with a big smile. At this point Emilee looks at him and asks him where exactly her cervix is located because she is pretty sure that he is checking her diaphragm. The look on her face during all of this was heart breaking. I am pretty sure she has a new found respect for where the cervix is located, I know I do.
So everything is going "perfectly to plan" according to the doctor. Again, no one that has worked in L&D or with OB's thinks Em is going to term. I personally think the date is going to be Feb 11th. But anytime before V-Day would be perfect. I mean what better distraction for missing a Hallmark holiday than a new kid.
Keep Smiling,
Rob
Feb. 7th!
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