Week 36 Appointment

At the latest midwife appointment, Mom met the midwife practicum student who will more than likely be part of Mom's Labour & Delivery team. She, who will remain nameless in case we decide to use that name (Mom and Dad are name shopping...rather late in the process), seemed like someone with a lot of potential. The procedure at this appointment was the same as usual - blood pressure, fundus height, weight, urine glucose and protein tests, and baby position check. Seems Bif has begun to drop. Where this appointment differed, besides the student midwife involvement, was a Group B Strep test. 25% of women test positive for GBS, putting the baby at risk of infection during/after delivery. Simple solution: antibiotics by IV during L&D. We are now into weekly-midwife-appointments territory, so we'll find out the results of this GBS test this week.

Many people (i.e., relatives, students, the midwife) have gently voiced their concern over Mom's choice to still be working. There are a number of reasons Mom is being stubborn about it. Firstly, she teaches a total of 6 hours per week, spread over 4 days - one course that she has already taught, just last summer in fact. No stress. Secondly, staying at home (we don't have a TV) waiting for labour is not Mom's idea of fun, and while there is lots of cleaning that needs to be done at home, cleaning uses just as much energy, if not more, than giving 2 hrs of lecture and 4 hrs of lab over the week. Thirdly, financially it is the best plan. So there! :-) Of course, there is lots of time to eat humble pie (made with Splenda).