The End is in Sight

I have been scheduled for delivery via c-section on August 14th, "if I make it that long," as my doctor says. The should put me just 1 day shy of 39 weeks, which is the earliest my doctor will do scheduled deliveries with singleton pregnancies. If I don't make it to the scheduled delivery, I think it is unlikely the baby will be delivered by my doctor, since she is on vacation the week before I will be delivered and then also another week 2 weeks earlier. This doctor sure take a lot of vacations.

My appointment on Tuesday was pretty routine. I had not had any contractions since the weekend before (although I had some yesterday again), but she did a cervix check anyway. My cervix is still closed and posterior. My doctor thinks it is unlikely I will go into labor in the next few days and after that they would not do anything to stop labor anyway -- they would just delivery the baby--so she was less concerned about the contractions than Dr. Careful was from the high risk practice.

I got a copy of the ultrasound report from the week before and it looks like the baby is actually in the 65th percentile, not the 60th as I had been told. I'm happy with that since that puts him in a range where growth problems are unlikely, but I have been letting him know that 65th is high enough -- no need for additional over achievement. I was also surprised to see that the head circumference is in the 85th percentile, since that was not mentioned during my appointment. This makes me feel a bit better about not having changed doctors so I could attempt a VBAC delivery. T, on the other hand, has a tiny head. Even though he is average height now, he has never gotten above the 25th percentile for head circumference. He must get that tiny head from the donor, because my family all has very large heads.

Overall, I'm doing fine, but not really feeling wonderful. I get tired very easily and I'm not sleeping well, both from discomfort and because this little guy likes to pound me all night long. I've been feeling nauseous again rather frequently, which is a bit odd. It was bad enough yesterday that I felt like I would throw up, but I didn't. I suspect I will make it through 2 pregnancies without vomiting even once -- how often does that happen?

I did confront my doctor about her partner making reference to my husband. She seemed pretty uncomfortable with the discussion and looked like she wanted to flee the room. I thought my RE handled the situation better when I had a similar problem with Dr. Clueless during one of my monitoring appointments. My OB said all my information is in the computerized system now and this doctor is having trouble adjusting. Incompetence as an accuse for ignorance -- not very confidence inspiring. She recommended I see her other partner for appointments when she is on vacation. Now, if you will recall, I have not had a great experience with that doctor either. He is the one that called me "honey" during an internal exam and also thought it was okay to not access the computer to pull up my records. So given the choice between Dr. Honey or Dr. Husband, I went with Dr. Honey for the 2 appointments I needed to schedule while my doctor is away. Dr. Honey has the better reputation of the 2 doctors anyway, even though my experience with him has been less that great. Y says I should cut these doctors a break, that we get treated pretty well overall, and I'm just a difficult, over demanding patient. What do you think?