35 weeks

Here I am at 35 weeks already!  Yesterday I met with my doctor of consult, Dr. Wilters.  He is the OB who delivered Ronnie.  I am using him as my "backup" doctor for this pregnancy.  One of my midwives met me at the appointment.  It was really nice to actually sit and talk with him and get to know him a little bit.  

When I delivered Ronnie, I had never met him before, and the first time I saw him was when he came in to catch the baby!  So not any chance for chit chat during a time like that. :)  He is a really nice guy, and he's been catching babies for 25  years.  I like his personality and of course I already know how he is during a delivery, and it was a very good delivery even though it was totally unplanned.  One of the things he did while I was contracting was he used olive oil to stretch me.  I never knew an OB would do that, I thought only midwives did that.  He did not talk to me, holler at me, or tell me when to push.  He was silent and just allowed me and my body to do the work.  After Ronnie was born, they put some pitocin in my IV so my body would contract to deliver the placenta.  Dr. Wilters did NOT pull on the cord, at all.  He waited until I pushed the placenta out, and he gently guided it into the pan.  My midwife said it was so beautiful to see an OB being that gentle with the placenta that she almost cried!  After that he stitched me up since I had torn a little bit.  He never seemed to be in a hurry, he was just a quiet, patient man.  The whole labor and delivery was orchestrated by God, there is no other way to describe it because it went so well and turned out wonderfully for something that was unplanned and unexpected.

So even though I sometimes get nervous that I could go into labor at 36 weeks (which is next week already!!!) I have complete confidence in Dr. Wilters to allow me to at least have a drug free, intervention free birth as long as things go well.  But he did reassure me yesterday that just because I went early with Ronnie does not mean I will go early again.  I was glad to hear that and I have been more at peace since he said that.  I know that no matter when I do go into labor, that it is God's timing and it is in His hands.  I am still praying for my homebirth of course, I really want to experience it this time.  Baby just has to stay in for 2 more weeks and I'll get it!

I have come up with a conclusion on my pinched nerve in my back.  The last two prenatal visits I've had, baby is laying on his/her side, which  means all of babies weight is on my right side.  And it is the right side of my back that has the pinched nerve.  So I am beginning to think that if I can get baby to flip over to the proper position, maybe that will take the pressure off my back and release that nerve.  So we'll see!  Chiropractic care is not helping right now, so I am not going to continue going as often.  I know that after I deliver, the chiropractor can give me some good adjustments to get me back in-line.  But there is just not much he can do for me while I am pregnant.  So I'll see how it goes in these next weeks before baby comes.  Some days I tolerate the pain better than others.  I am trying to keep a positive attitude about it, but it does get the best of me at times.