Far....Not far enough

I am 32 weeks today and I had my OB visit this morning. As I was sitting in the waiting room, a lady asked me how far along I was and when I replied with "32 weeks" it reminded me of something. When I was either 10 or 14 weeks along, can't remember which... I sat in the waiting room with a lady and asked her how far along she was because she looked really big. She answered "32 weeks" and I said "wow that's far" and she said "not far enough". I continued to talk to this lady and thought she was very nice but when she got up to leave I thought to myself how pessimistic she was...complaining about not being far enough at 32 weeks. In my eyes she was practically giving birth! Now that I am 32 weeks along I know EXACTLY what she meant...32 weeks is far...not far enough. Anyways I just recalled that today, but now on to my OB visit report.

First of all I want to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE my doctor. There are 5 doctors in the practice that I go to and when you are in your first and second trimester they kind of pass you around letting you get to know all of them and then when you are in the 3rd trimester you can stick with whichever you like best. I like all the doctors but I LOVE LOVE LOVE one of them. Dr. Moore. I love her because she calls me "her perfect little patient" and makes everything I do seem really difficult. Like today she comes in and talks to me about how I passed the glucose test and she's all smiles and congratulatory like that was something really hard to do. Which it wasn't, all I did was give some blood, but apparently my blood did a real good job and she made me feel like I deserved a prize! Then she talks to me about my blood pressure and how I have kept it at such a perfect rate, again...I didn't really do anything. Then she does the exam portion on aiden and goes on and on about how perfect he is, with keeping his heart rate good and he has stayed head down and he is growing so perfectly. All these things make me love her.

So we didn't learn anything new today, my blood pressure was 120 over 69, I have gained 2 more pounds so total weight gain is now 23 pounds. My belly measured where it should, Aiden is still in head down (vertex) position and she thinks he is around 5 pounds. She says the estimations will get more precise as we get further. Since I am "the perfect little patient" I won't have any more blood drawn or any more ultrasounds. The way she said this to me was "unless something unexpected happens in the last month then the next time you see your son, he will be in your arms"....this statement made me want to cry. Then when I was getting ready to leave she set up my next two appointments and said "you're doing great, it's not too much longer now." This statement again made me want to cry.

And now I will end this post with a little tidbit of advice for everyone....the nicest thing you can say to any pregnant woman is after you ask how far along she is or when her baby is due....reply with "well that's not much longer" or "wow you're getting close" or "that will be here before you know it"...any variation on these phrases. I can tell you that I have recieved both sides of this comment in the past couple weeks, I have had mean old women say "well you still have a while" and this comment puts me in such a bad mood and then the rest of the day I rationalize to myself that no I do not still have a while...at 20 weeks I still had a while...at this point I do not still have a while. Then I have had the opposite where people say the statments I just told you....it won't be long now...that's getting close...you're almost there. These comments make my day. So in summation, no matter how much longer pregnant lady has left if she is over halfway through then respond with "that's not that much longer." Trust me,you are not filling pregnant lady with false hope, every pregnant woman on the face of the earth knows exactly how far along she is...we count in weeks, not months. And sometimes we even count in days. So by saying this you are not misleading anyone, you are simply making a pregnant woman's day. So there ya have it. That's my advice for the day.

Hope everyone is having a lovely monday!