Week 34

I felt good this week. After our active trip to New York, I took it easy for the first few days of the week to pace myself for the rest of the week. Tuesday was a pretty big day. We started it out with a doctor’s appointment, which went well. We met with nurse practitioner, Sharon, and we really liked her. She is also a midwife, but unfortunately does not do deliveries for the practice. She was very warm and informative (a huge plus for Noah!). The boy’s heartbeat was strong in the 150s and my measurements were right on target. My ankles weren’t swollen (although I think my feet were a bit), so that is good. I am very happy that I do not have to deal with the summer heat as I have been able to avoid some of the problems others I know experienced this past summer. After work, we headed to Sibley for our babycare skills class. It was pretty informative, but we weren’t all that impressed with the instructor. It’s probably good we went as it pretty much put the most important information in front of us vs. us digging through our books.

I mailed off the hospital’s pre-registration form this week. Hopefully, DC’s mail system will get it there and get us all set up for easy admittance when we are ready. Now, I just need to call the pediatrician’s office and make sure that they are accepting new patients and that they take our insurance. My to-do list is never-ending.

After not having been on the spin bike for a few weeks, I was happy to be able to get back on it. I got to mix up my workouts this week with riding the spin bike, swimming and doing yoga. After my scare a few weeks ago where I felt terrible, I am very excited to again be energetic enough to keep moving.

Sunday, we went to the full day labor & delivery class at Sibley. We were disappointed that the hospital tour was no longer available (as of the first of November- lucky us with the timing) due to the flu season. While we did get clarification on some things we were unsure of, we learned that most of our specific (well, my specific) questions are more physician/practice policy’s vs. the hospital’s. I guess, I have a lot of questions to ask in the next few doctor’s visits. Given we could have any of the 10-12 rotating OB/GYN’s from the practice deliver, I suspect we will be in limbo on details until labor time arrives. This makes me a bit uncomfortable, but I am not sure what I can really do about this. At the end of the class, we went over breathing/relaxation techniques, but I think the techniques/information I have picked up during my prenatal yoga classes have been more beneficial. It’s a good thing I still have more time to practice during my weekly yoga class. At least I did get some nice massages from Noah today- thank you!! Speaking of massage, Noah was super sweet in getting me some for our anniversary. I am going on Friday afternoon and I can’t wait.

Oh, I forgot to mention that we finally got a glider chair last week. It’s firmer than the couch, which has been helping in keeping me comfortable. I am glad we didn’t have to wait long for it to be delivered or I would have likely been spending more time on the floor as the couch had gotten to soft for me.

the chair saving my back