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!
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First of all: Don't be jealous of the orange "soda". It's more like McDonald's orange drink mix with carbonated water...and then they add some more water.
ReplyDeleteSecond: you'll never figure out the appropriate balance of life/work. Sorry, I just thought I'd burst your bubble now instead of letting you go on in a fog like it actually might happen some day :) Have a great day :)
Hey, there's nothing wrong with birthing in a bathtub, as long as it's big enough. Jarrod was born in the bathtub, or didn't you know that? Also a water birth lessens the chance that you will tear down there.
ReplyDeleteYeah, he was unassisted birth, and I tell you what, I'd have HATED giving birth in a hospital, with a bunch of mo mo doctors telling ME what to do? I think NOT. I didn't want ANYONE watching or even touching me. I even told Jim to (as politely as I could) to get the $#@! out of the bathroom, he was just sitting there. It's sort of hard to talk while in the final stage of labor.
You guys should look to see if you can find some birthing centers instead of the plain ol' hospital with their long list of rules, regulations and interventions.
I just find it ironic that everyone tells you to stay away from drugs, drinking, drugs, etc etc and then they go and give the mother an epidural, which is really a narcotic. Then there's the interventions, the vaccines, the eye goop that they don't even need (did you know that the anti biotic or silver nitrate they use can actually cause serious visual problems? Excellent book to read is "How to raise a health child in spite of your doctor" by Dr. Robert Mendelsohn. I wish all pediatricans were like him. Doctor's don't know as much as they think they do.
PS: Since you already know what you are going to do, and how absolutely super duper munchy crunchy whoop de doo kookie wookie wonderfully absolutely positively faaaaabulous a lay flat on your back and push hospital birth will be (maybe even getting an episiotomy, yee haa!), I guess suggesting this website is a moot point. But I'll do it anyway because I'm ornery and I like to think that maybe, just maybe people will start to look at alternatives to how they did things in the 1900's.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mothering.com/discussions/index.php
I also suggest Not reading the book, "What to expect when you are expecting", because that book tells you every single possible thing that can go wrong and will only make you fearful.
Don't knock home birth till you try it. I'm sure some people love their hospital birth, but I knew when I went to the hospital because of pre term labor that I would not go back there if I didn't need to. In most cases, the mother is not in control of her birth experience. You are in control of the doctor, and his schedule. Any 'birth plans' are usually not taken seriously.
Interesting info on episiotomy:
http://www.birthpsychology.com/messages/episiotomy/episiotomy.html
I hope the hospital doesn't try to bully you into a C-section.
And, finally, if modern hospitals were so great, then why is the USA number one in infant mortality in first world nations? Then there's the risk of getting MRSA or some other hospital acquired infection.
Thanks for including us in your lives. We miss you very much. May God bless! Tim and Linda
ReplyDeleteWe want progress pics!!!
ReplyDeleteI just saw a documentary called, "The Business of Being Born" that looks at home-, hospital-, and somewhere-in-between births and is pretty interesting.
ReplyDelete20 July 2009, huh? 40th anniversary of the moon landing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
where are the pregnancy photos?? any bump yet??
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