Today's midwife visit.

Hi All.

Just a quick one to tell you about today's midwife visit.
We're now at week 33. As I blogged about at the weekend Gems bump was a
bit on the big side. There is a chart we have which specifies upper and
lower limits on how big the bump is. The midwife last time told us that
Gem was just above the upper limit and that if she came again and was
still a bit big then we'd have to go for a scan to check everything's
OK.

Luckily Gem was just under the upper limit for week 33 this time and the
midwife was able to get a good strong heartbeat from the little one.

The baby is head down but not engaged. This means that she is the write
way up but has not moved down in to the position for birth just yet. The
midwife says that should happen in the next couple of weeks or so.

Gem and the midwife also put together a short birthing plan. Gem had to
make a couple of decision.
1.
Q: who did she want at the birth.
A: just me. She doesn't want to make a big deal about it so she can keep
as calm as possible. Family are welcome once little one is out and there
more than welcome to come to the hospital once she's been born.

2.
Q: how is Gem planning on feeding?
A: Brest feeding for at leased the first 6 months if she can.

3.
Q: does Gem want an injection to speed up the afterbirth?
A: Yes. They can give you an injection so that the afterbirth comes out
around 5 minutes after the baby does. If you don't have it can be
anything from 20 Minutes to an hour.

4.
Q: Does Gem want to give the little one vitamin K with a one shot
injection or a course of 3 pills over the first month.
A: Injection.

We' were also expecting Gem to have a blood test today to find out if
the Iron tablets had worked. The midwife decided to do the test some
time between week 36 / 38.

The conclusion, both Mum and Baby are fine.
The next midwife checkup is in 3 weeks time, week 36.

Take care.
Nick.