I am now 38 weeks pregnant. We are all amazed we have made it this far. DR. G tells me he wants to schedule the birth. Hmm, I'm not sure about that. It was my goal to stay pregnant as long as possible and baby boy was not showing any signs of leaving his happy place. It's almost like he knew that birth was the end for him.
He explains that we cannot just show-up in the middle of the night, that they need to be ready for us and we would be a huge shock to the young DR's on-call at night.
He said that the excess fluid was a risk. That the baby could come out with the large amount of water and if his cord was in the wrong place.....well you get the picture.
Now would be the time to mention that my first child at 6 lbs 10 oz tore me apart. But I was not thinking about that when he made me have visions of baby boy being flushed out with all the water.
He also told me that they needed to have all the specialist there just in case so I needed to deliver during the day in a planned environment. We went back and forth on days but somehow I got him to agree that I would come in just 1 day before my due date to have the extra water drained and on my due date, very early they would induce me if I was not already in labor. I'm sure I had to agree to get get checked everyday or something.
Dr G also agreed that I would deliver in one of the new birthing rooms instead of the OR where they really wanted me.
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