On Monday, we had a visit with my newer cardiologist's physician's assistant. Since everything cardiac was status quo, it was a very fast appointment. We went over the previous week's incident, and we discussed why donating blood is a bad idea for me.
On Friday, we had a visit with our normal perinatalogist for our standard two-week checkup. Prior to this, we had another ultrasound to check on the baby's size and estimated weight. He was a little sleepy, and his heart-rate at first was only 109, but jumped into the 120s later. It also turns out he is in the 90th percentile and estimated to be 7.1 pounds already, at 34.5 weeks! Finding this information out changed our plan of action a bit. She decided that we would keep a close eye on his size, and there is now a 50/50 chance of doing a C-section instead of attempting to deliver naturally. Before, we had discussed using forceps or a vacuum, but this would not be as effective on a larger baby. The induction is still planned for August 19, though we might go in earlier if he is estimated to be quite large at that time (they are estimated to grow about a half-pound a week for the remainder of time). I will start with an epidural and pushing, but we may change the plans if he is not in a cooperative spirit and the pushing does not go as well as planned. So, as with always, its a wait and see game. :-)
After finishing our appointment at the perinatalogist, we headed over (for the 2nd time in one week!) to Labor and Delivery to have an anesthesia consult, which is recommended practice for high risk pregnancies. She looked at my nasal and throat passages (which, it turns out, are small) and we talked about the general course of action for delivery. Of course, Bryan and I had no questions, as we generally just trust the doctor's judgments, but mostly we have no idea what we are doing, so it was also a very quick visit.
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