Happy New Year
Mom, Dad, and Bif had a good holiday. We spent Christmas at Grandma and Opa's house on the mainland, where this photo of 32-week-old Bif was taken - Dad was learning the ropes of his new SLR camera.
For New Years Eve, we went over to a friends' house for boardgames and xmas cookie avoidance.In between these two events, Mom and Dad went to their 32-week appointment with the midwife, where Bif put on a performance. Not only have we seen hiccups at 18 weeks and felt hiccups for the past 6 weeks, now we've heard them as well via the heart monitor. At this appointment, we learned all about our choices for baby treatment immediately after the birth. We have decided against the eye ointment and in favour of the one-shot of vitamin K (as opposed to the multiple-day oral treatment). We also learned that our midwife team is taking on a practicum midwife student who, with our permission, will more than likely be the one handling delivery of Bif (albeit, supervised). This is a fitting generational continuation, given that Mom was surrounded by observing medical students when she herself was born at Women's College Hospital.
2007 is sure to bring about change, in a good way. 7 more weeks to go!
posted by BR @ 11:13 a.m.
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AND your mother was delivered by an OB resident, the one who followed me through the pregnancy. Of course there was an obstetrician standing by, but your Mom was cooperative even in birth, presenting LOA and coming out smoothly. You should live up the example that she set.....
Yo!
Hopefully you have our very late x-mas present by now. If not, remember that it awaits!
What was the eye ointment? I can understand passing it up if it's that silver nitrate stuff they used to use... (don't think they're been doing that for a while now, though).
Congrats to Dad on the new arrival (i.e. camera).
The eye ointment is an antibiotic now (erithromycin, I think). But it blurs baby's eyes for a while after birth, i.e., right when they have the first opp to look at the face of the two people that match the voices they've been hearing for 4+ months. The ointment is meant to prevent blindness brought on by syphilis/gonorrhea/PID, etc.....given years of monogamy and annual exams, many Moms can be sure they are not carriers and can therefore legally opt out of a legally required treatment.
We have yet to pick up the gifts - might get to do that this weekend. Thanks.
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