31.75% baby, that I still haven't seen yet...
Today, the battle to maintain an even keel on the Life-Work balance totally failed.
As with most new jobs that involve some level of authority, the sense of ownership required of the successful can be overwhelming. So there I was today: torn between not having completed the tasks that I needed to accomplish; stuck between meetings; and not able to accompany my wife to her first pre-natal physical exam.
The appointment went well. Jen learned that the nurse practicioners do not perform births, contrary to what we were told at the Makalapa Clinic. It's a shame because Jen seemed to like today's nurse-practicioner a lot. She also learned that the midwives can administer some drugs, so we're planning on meeting a few of the midwives and getting some exposure to the differences between their philosophy and that of the standard doctor.
For those of you that may worry that we're going to have the midwife help with the birth at home in the bathtub with nice scented candles and the like, don't. God-willing, we'll be in the hospital for the birth, and all will be normal.
Without some of the more gory details, the appointment today involved two things that make Noble something something...
1. The team decided to run a glucose test on Jen, so she had to drink this orange soda stuff and come back in an hour. I want some orange soda :(
2. YET AGAIN, they decided to do an ultrasound. Surely there would be pictures this time!
No orange soda, and NO PICTURES make Noble something something...
GO CRAZY!!!
With my luck, by the time we have the gender revelation appointment, I'll be there and they'll decide that they don't need to do an ultrasound. The good news is that Jen is 12 wks and 5 days today which puts the due date right at 20 July. Just in time!
The question of the day is "How do you strike the appropriate Life-Work balance?"
4586 hours to go!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
The awesomest let down
Sorry to disappoint you all today.
We didn't get the expected photographs of the baby today. It turns out that we weren't even going to get an ultrasound today!! It didn't matter because we were late.
It all got started when I got stuck in a class and didn't make it home to pick up Jen for our first appointment with the nurse practicioner. She finally decided to drive herself at the same time I left work. No problem! We both had half an hour to get there. The island is not THAT big, right?
WRONG!
The onramp to the highway was closed for her due to an accident. Then, the only entrance to Tripler Army Medical Center (the only military hospital on the island) was down to one lane due to road construction. Add up all the delays, the packed parking lot, the Valet Parking that closed only minutes before her arrival, and her 13 mile journey, 20 minute drive took her an hour.
Tripler AMC has a policy that if you're more than 15 minutes late, your appointment gets cancelled. For the first time in my life, I got a little snippy with the customer service. No provision is made for situations like ours where the hospital is part of the problem and they still expect you to abide by their policy.
Thankfully, I didn't act on all of the viscious, nasty things that ran through my head, but I'm still shocked at the transformation that is happening with us. As my patience gets shorter, her's gets longer.
Anyway, our next appointment is Friday where we get the full pregnancy physical. Still no pictures unless they feel they need to do an ultrasound for some reason. We only get one ultrasound as part of normal routine, so we have to wait another 8 weeks.
All the buildup and excitement for the dis-appointment.
The awesomest part of the day though started with us actually talking to the nurse-practicioner. She said that Jen needs to drink more water and that pseudoephedrine and tylenol are okay for her sinus headaches. She also got some zofran for nausea, so all that should make her feel a little better.
Oh yeah, and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!!
:) :) :) :) :)
Cardiac function verified!
I didn't get a hard count on the heart rate because I was holding Jen's radial pulse while listening to the baby's heartbeat and a plant was in the way of the clock.
I did see a couple of seconds go by and got a general idea.
It was somewhere around 150-160.
:) :) :) :) :)
16,860,000 seconds to go!!!
30.3% baby!
We didn't get the expected photographs of the baby today. It turns out that we weren't even going to get an ultrasound today!! It didn't matter because we were late.
It all got started when I got stuck in a class and didn't make it home to pick up Jen for our first appointment with the nurse practicioner. She finally decided to drive herself at the same time I left work. No problem! We both had half an hour to get there. The island is not THAT big, right?
WRONG!
The onramp to the highway was closed for her due to an accident. Then, the only entrance to Tripler Army Medical Center (the only military hospital on the island) was down to one lane due to road construction. Add up all the delays, the packed parking lot, the Valet Parking that closed only minutes before her arrival, and her 13 mile journey, 20 minute drive took her an hour.
Tripler AMC has a policy that if you're more than 15 minutes late, your appointment gets cancelled. For the first time in my life, I got a little snippy with the customer service. No provision is made for situations like ours where the hospital is part of the problem and they still expect you to abide by their policy.
Thankfully, I didn't act on all of the viscious, nasty things that ran through my head, but I'm still shocked at the transformation that is happening with us. As my patience gets shorter, her's gets longer.
Anyway, our next appointment is Friday where we get the full pregnancy physical. Still no pictures unless they feel they need to do an ultrasound for some reason. We only get one ultrasound as part of normal routine, so we have to wait another 8 weeks.
All the buildup and excitement for the dis-appointment.
The awesomest part of the day though started with us actually talking to the nurse-practicioner. She said that Jen needs to drink more water and that pseudoephedrine and tylenol are okay for her sinus headaches. She also got some zofran for nausea, so all that should make her feel a little better.
Oh yeah, and we got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!!
:) :) :) :) :)
Cardiac function verified!
I didn't get a hard count on the heart rate because I was holding Jen's radial pulse while listening to the baby's heartbeat and a plant was in the way of the clock.
I did see a couple of seconds go by and got a general idea.
It was somewhere around 150-160.
:) :) :) :) :)
16,860,000 seconds to go!!!
30.3% baby!
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