35 weeks

What a long day I had yesterday! I was thankful nobody came with me, so as not to put them through that kind of waiting all for me. I was fortunate enough to make some real progress on my crocheting, so I was mostly ok with the wait.

I had my appointment in Edmonton for 1:15 pm to see the Obstetrician who will deliver LG. I got there about a half hour early, picked up a sandwich from the little store, found the office and took my seat. I figured I was in for a wait and wasn’t surprised that the line seemed to be moving very slowly.

After waiting about 2 hours some chatter started happening in the waiting room. The lady sitting closest to me had just come back from the bathroom and mentioned, “Dr. Wong isn’t even here.”

Huh?

So naturally I repeated her comment a little louder and others were like, what?!?

The nurse soon came in to explain he’d been called over to the Royal Alex for an emergency C-Section and they’d be happy to reschedule anyone who couldn’t wait. It was already 3:30 pm by this time and I was devoted. So were the other two couples who came all the way from Slave Lake.

It only took another hour for me to actually get in to a room and finally meet the doctor. Billy Rae Wong. He is a very nice fellow, somewhere in his 30’s. He speaks quietly and quickly but with confidence and knowledge. I liked him.

We started talking about dates and his records from the Perinatology Clinic stated that they wanted me delivered between March 20 and 26. We looked at the calendar together and he said, “I can deliver you on the 20^th or the 22^nd. Which would you prefer?”

I totally took the 20^th! Not only is that the first day of spring, but it’s my Godmother’s birthday (Aunt Babette). How cool is that?

We talked about Nola’s pregnancy and delivery and that she was a little baby, only 6 lbs 7 oz. He and I agreed this baby will be quite small also. I just don’t grow BIG babies. He measured my uterus and at 35 weeks I’m only measuring at 32. He said this isn’t a problem, and I know my dates. It’s not that we’re behind, it’s just that we are both small. Funny. Kevin said last night, we’re both stretched to capacity and capacity is small.

Even though she’s small, she is seemingly ready to make an entrance to the world. I was early with Nola and Dr. Wong said he has no doubt I would be early with this one too. He measured my cervix and I’m already dilated to about 2 cm. Not to mention she is so crazy low…he said he could feel “she’s right there.” Yikes!

Relocation to Edmonton happens next Monday March 12^th. Appointments and ultrasounds to follow on Tuesday and Wednesday… Hopefully a play date with an old friend Thursday or Friday… Then new Cappis/Macleod DNA to enter the world March 20^th.

Nola will stay with me at the Ronald McDonald house the week before, and then be juggled around to family during recovery. My goal (and hope) is to be home by March 30^th ish. From the sounds of the doctors, that would be a reasonable amount of recovery time.

I left the appointment feeling good, albeit later than I was hoping. It had been blizzarding most of the day and the radio said the roads were terrible, especially closer to Red Deer. After a quick bite of crappy A & W I hit the road, just LG and me to get home to our two favourite people. I would say from Edmonton to Lacombe the roads were about 65% ok. I did about 100 km/hr. By Blackfalds I was going 80 km/hr. By Red Deer…40 km/hr.

Now to tie up loose ends and finish stocking the house.

Can’t believe my teeny weeny baby will be here in 14 days.

And by the way, LG is still doing amazing. It feels like she's tangling my insides up with all her moving and her heart was heard between 54-58 yesterday :)

Thanks for reading!