Appointment #15 - Medical Terminology
The exact terminology used by my doctor to describe the dilation and effacement of my cervix is "nothing". Yes folks, 40 weeks, one day and all I get is, "nothing".
Boy am I glad I waited this long to get an internal though or else I'd feel like a big loser. Now, I'm not freaking out because I know that "nothing" can go to "something" in a matter of minutes. Labor could begin within an hour or two more weeks.
As I was telling my doctor, I'm not in a huge hurry. I'm not terribly UNcomfortable it's just that I wish everyone else would forget temporarily that I'm pregnant.
There was some question during the exam as to whether the baby had turned breech so I got a bonus ultrasound which was cool since I hadn't had one after the initial 18 weeker. The baby is indeed headfirst and there is plenty of fluid. The placenta is where it should be. We saw the heart beating away and the ribs. The Doctor pointed out that the rib cage was moving which showed that she was practicing her breathing. There was no re-confirmation on the sex so "she" could still be a "he". The Doctor said that if she were doing a biophysical we would score an 8/8 - whatever that means.
Ok, The Husband and I are off to the movies!
Boy am I glad I waited this long to get an internal though or else I'd feel like a big loser. Now, I'm not freaking out because I know that "nothing" can go to "something" in a matter of minutes. Labor could begin within an hour or two more weeks.
As I was telling my doctor, I'm not in a huge hurry. I'm not terribly UNcomfortable it's just that I wish everyone else would forget temporarily that I'm pregnant.
There was some question during the exam as to whether the baby had turned breech so I got a bonus ultrasound which was cool since I hadn't had one after the initial 18 weeker. The baby is indeed headfirst and there is plenty of fluid. The placenta is where it should be. We saw the heart beating away and the ribs. The Doctor pointed out that the rib cage was moving which showed that she was practicing her breathing. There was no re-confirmation on the sex so "she" could still be a "he". The Doctor said that if she were doing a biophysical we would score an 8/8 - whatever that means.
Ok, The Husband and I are off to the movies!
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