Dr. Does-Little

A visit to the doctor yesterday, and they pretty much went like normal: Arrived a few minutes early, got called back a few minutes before appointment time, and then proceeded to wait for about an hour before the doc came in, measured Leah's belly, listened for the heartbeat, asked if everything was OK, and left. In all fairness to them, I think the delay was due to 2 women already being sent to the hospital in labor, and another one that in all probability was headed that way, too. (Of course, if you'd take childbirth classes, you might know when you're in labor, but that's another story).

At this stage of the pregnancy, that's about all that needs to be done. Leah's weight and blood pressure are checked by the nurse, and then Dr. Bannister measures the belly and glances over the chart. That's it. I told Leah when we were leaving, that I know that she's probably not looking forward to the exams and scrutiny that the final weeks hold, but at least there will be some hard facts at that time to hang our hat on. Something to indicate how close we are to the big day. For example, if the doc says, "You're ___cm, so I'll probably see you at the hospital before next week's appointment," then we'll know our life-altering event is upon us.

So what was the report? Leah has actually lost 2 lbs since last time. I really don't know if that's a problem or not, but they didn't really say anything about it. Blood pressure is still awesome. Dr. B made some suggestions as to alternatives for the iron supplement (the other one made Leah feel wacko), so I picked some of those up at Kroger last night. Her only other choices are green leafy vegetables, raisins, etc.

Appointments are now 2 weeks apart instead of 4. Which means we're definitely getting closer. I think they are like that until we're one month away, when it goes to every week. We're finishing up our "Preparation for Childbirth" classes next week, so we'll have that behind us. 3 showers are now on the calendar for mid- to late-October and early November. So things are definitely starting to indicate that Nicholas's arrival is imminent!!!

Editor's Note: In case you're wondering whether it's Nicholas's or Nicholas'--both are grammatically correct.