14 days?! What?? (Oops, I think I’m posting a week behind)
I was just waddling through Walmart this morning, picking up
some last minute items for my hospital bag, and a woman with 3 small boys said “oh poor
you…must be soon eh”? I replied “yes and
looks like you have your hands full.”
She said she has FIVE boys!! And
here I was worried about the logistics of managing TWO!
At my last weekly appointment, I got to meet Dr. Daisy’s
partner – Dr. Millar. (Just in case he’s
the one on call when I go into labour) He’s really awesome and put me at ease
instantly. He was/is the OB for several
of my Paramedic colleagues and they had great things to say about him. We chatted for a little while, discussed my
first pregnancy…just so he had a little history…and he completed the typical
measurement/exam ect. When he found out
that Bryce was 3, he (without knowing anything about him) said “3 year old boys
have got to be the most violent little creatures on the planet.” Something about being borderline psychopaths and
how prisoners are basically 3 years old minds trapped in adult bodies!! I had to laugh as I told him the very same
thought crosses my mind at least once a day!
Phew! He also let me know that
the results of my GBS swab came back negative so I’m happy to know that I won’t
have to be tethered to an I.V. antibiotic drip.
(Hopefully) I’ll ask for a saline
lock only and be a little more free to move.
Oh, and he wrote me off of work as of last Wednesday. Time to relax at home he said. He obviously doesn’t know me well enough. There hasn’t been much relaxing! Lol
My first few days off were spent filling the freezer. So far I’ve made a couple of cheesy chicken
casseroles, some spinach lasagna roll-ups, turkey chili, spaghetti sauce,
banana muffins, spinach/fruit/flax seed smoothie packages, a couple personal chicken pot pies, mini meatloaves, and some spinach
& egg breakfast burritos. I also
made some lactation cookies. http://www.justbreastfeeding.com/low-milk-supply/lactation-cookies-increase/
I sure hope they work because they don’t taste very good. Lol I
think the key ingredient (Brewer’s yeast) is the very thing that makes them so
unpalatable. Someone suggested I would
have just been better off stocking the fridge with BEER! I also made a batch of “regular” chocolate chip
cookies for the Labour & Delivery nurses at the Civic. I know what it’s like to work shifts, spend
holidays away from family, get stuck on OT…so I thought some cookies and a card
would be appreciated. (And might buy me
some extra patience and sympathy…maybe an extra pillow!?) http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-big-fat-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookie/
Soooooo…I booked the Placenta encapsulation. Yes, I know…not very conventional, and the scientific
jury is still out in regards to whether the benefits are really legit or if it’s
just a placebo effect!? In any event, I figure no harm/no foul. If it increases my milk production and helps
with the Baby Blues, then it’s well worth the cost to encapsulate. If it doesn’t
help, well then lesson learned. Apparently I have to sign a waiver at the
hospital to have my placenta “released” to me, then I must pack it in ice and
notify the placenta picker-upper.
(Tatiana) Not only will she
dehydrate the placenta into pill form, she will also make an 11x14” print of it. Supposed to look like a tree – “Tree of Life”. (And she dehydrates the umbilical cord into
the shape of a heart-weird-not sure what I’ll do with that!! Lol PLUS she save’s a raw piece to blend into a
berry smoothie. Have you all lost your
lunch yet??) Hey…people fry up animal
Livers, eat Tripe, Tongues. What’s a
little bit of Placenta??
What’s happening with Baby this week? “If you
haven't yet delivered, you've reached the calm before the storm. You're
probably monitoring your body for those first Early Labor symptoms and
wondering what you've forgotten. Your smooshed-up baby is weighing in at around 6.3 lbs and 19 inches
(with boys somewhat heavier and longer than girls). Despite
being physically ready to land on planet Earth, your baby's immune system is
quite weak and will continue to be that way for their first years of life. If
you haven't yet evicted your wee lad or lassie from their first home, you're
sitting here: big, ready and wondering when you're going to be in "real
labor" - aka Active Labor. Well, relax, because your womb-loving baby
knows what they're doing. They're not quite done bakin', mama! Still, if you
want to get things moving down there, stay upright and active (aka go for a
brisk walk, with stairs - if possible) as your baby's skull will be pressing on
your cervix, thus, being upright and active encourages cervical thinning (a
process called "effacement") - which accompanies Active Labor as your
cervix begins to dilate open. If you're not in labor already, now's a good time
to prep everything: double check you've all your newborn gear, go over your
birth plan and clear your schedule conflicts and thin out the
socially-demanding dates, it's time to get ready for the finish line!”
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