This week is going so slow for me - I just want it to be over - I just cannot wait to hear the baby's heartbeat at my first OB appointment on Thursday morning - just so I know everything is okay and can finally breath a little.
I had my hemo appointment today and she said she thinks it is good that my OB wants to induce me at 39 weeks. She said that she will switch me over to Heperin at 37 weeks - but if I was to go into pre-term labor on my own before 37 weeks I would have to have a natural birth - which scares the crap out of me - so I am praying everything goes smoothly and I make it to 39 weeks.
After 12 weeks John and I will start looking into daycares - I cannot even think about leaving my newborn but I do not have much of a choice - I have to work - I am hoping to get 12 weeks off after the baby is born - whether that will be paid or unpaid is yet to be seen. Most likely it will be unpaid.
I am seriously considering breast feeding - even if it is only for the first 12 weeks. I guess I will read up on it and get the necessary things needed to breast feed and try it when the baby is born and see how it goes.
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Good luck! It's good that your drs seem to be on the same page. I am not sure if you can get short term disability at your job, but at my old job my maternity leave would've been 6 weeks disability and then 6 weeks unpaid. Hopefully you will at least be able to get some pay. I know it is far away, but breastfeeding may be good. I did it with both kids, but had major issues with the older one, who wouldn't latch on for 6 weeks. I made myself crazy and totally didn't enjoy her or being a mom at that point. So my advice is if it doesn't work then give up and do formula. It is not worth it to stress over it so much that you can't enjoy your baby. I just didn't have much support from my husband who was all about breastfeeding and didn't want formula.
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