Henry’s (and Halia’s!) World

I am so excited, my last monthly appointment is tomorrow morning, and then its every two weeks thereafter! A big reason for my excitement is that I’ll get to talk to my midwife about some problems I’ve noticed since my last visit.

Without knowing that I was pregnant at the time, I got a prescription for reading glasses, forgetting that as with everything pregnancy related, the eyes get thrown out of sync, so even when I use my glasses, I still have blurred vision occasionally. I don’t believe it has to do with my eyes being overtired, as I take plenty of breaks throughout the day, but I guess I just need the reassurance that it is nothing more serious.

Looking over the records from my previous pregnancies, the pattern I saw was that by 30-weeks I was 3 cm dilated, and I have been experiencing erratic contractions (one’s I have been unable to talk through or walk) with no one activity starting them. Thankfully my CNM is aware of my history of pre-term labor, and they seem confident that I won’t need to be transferred to a perinatologist for the duration of my pregnancy.

While I loved the doctor that delivered my three children, the idea of bed rest, terbutaline, and weekly checks is no cake walk, so here is to an uneventful appointment tomorrow!