We saw Dr. Clinton with high hopes that some progress had been made. Nothing. The baby hasn’t dropped and there was absolutely no dilation. Dr. Clinton was very surprised by this complete lack of movement. We discussed our options. The three paths we could take were, 1. Just wait, let nature take it’s course, 2. [...]
We had some symptoms strong enough that the on-call doctor advised us to goin to triage today at about 3pm. So we packed everything up and drove on in. It was actually kind of nice to do it on a Saturday afternoon — reasonable traffic, plentiful parking spaces. However, it was all for naught. To [...]
Elizabeth had an appointment Wednesday — absolutely no progress. If nothing happens by this weekend, we will likely induce on Monday. That’s one week after the due date.
About last week at this time we had a change of heart about banking the cord blood. This is a somewhat controversial method of saving the cord blood to harvest stem cells in hopes that it may be used in future treatment of a disease . The stem cells can also be used to treat the mother, a [...]
It’s one day after our due date and all’s well. We feel blessed for this extra time, really. We’ve now gotten to all the low priority things (painting touch ups, polishing the silver) and feel doubly prepared. Elizabeth is still going to the gym for low impact light cardio, taking long walks with Duncan and [...]
