Almost Done

Or almost started--it depends on your perspective, I suppose.

We had a dr's appointment today. The dr ordered an ultrasound, to see just how big Polliwog's gotten. He's estimated to be 7lbs, 13oz as of 3:30 pm today. For a GDM mother, that's pretty good. That makes his estimated anticipated size for delivery right close to 8lbs 4oz. . .which is how much Eric weighed at birth. 9 lbs is considered "large," so it looks like we're on track.

Delivery has been scheduled for Tuesday morning at 7am. Well, inducing labor has been scheduled, anyway. Actual delivery time may vary.

There's some mild concern about preeclampsia (used to be called "toxemia") because of protein in my urine. My feet are swelling, and have been for probably a month. This is also a symptom. My blood pressure readings are within normal limits for most people, but higher than they have been for me. Based on all this, I had to give blood (two tubes worth) and they'll run some test. I don't remember what it's called. I'm not worried. They like to run unnecessary tests. It keeps their skills sharp.

The dr also said I'm two centimeters dilated. Dan's eyes widened dramatically. "What does that mean?" he asked. "Nothing," the dr replied, "just that things are progressing." Well, that's good to know. . .but we sort of knew it already.

The hospital we'll be at has a webnursery. We're going to sign up for it, and it's password protected. Don't tell anyone, but the password is "polliwog." Should be easy enough to remember. (And, really, I'm kidding about the secrecy. Tell everyone you want to; it's just baby pictures.) The hospital's name is CMC-University. I tried three times to imbed links so you just had to click on a different coloured word and be taken there, but I couldn't make it go. So here's the long, literal, ugly link.

http://carolinashealthcare.org/facilities/hospitals/university/WebBabyNursery.cfm

and remember! the secret word is polliwog!