I was back at the awesome hospital today for my 33wk check-up with the midwife. I can’t describe just how fantastic this midwife is; she’s the Mary Poppins of midwives – “Perfectly perfect in everyway”. She’s like hot cocoa, sunny days, freshly baked bread, fluffy towels straight from the dryer and every other wonderfully awesome thing you could name all rolled into a warm smiling package.  She checked Nudge’s heart rate (130bpm), and my blood pressure (100/60) and then measured the fundus height which was 30cm.  She was happy with this measurement given the no-fluid thing and thinks Nudge is doing very well all things considered. I’ve been concerned that Nudge wasn’t going to turn, and while I can deal with the possibility of a breech birth, I really *really* do not want him to stay transverse. The midwife did some poking and prodding, and is certain that Nudge has turned most of the way head down. She did say that he could still do a few 360s before his birthday but for now I’m ever so pleased that he’s turned. We talked about my birth plan and she documented my wishes and assured me that the hospital would support everything I’ve requested.  She was of the opinion that everything in my plan was what they would do normally anyway… such a far cry from Westmead Hospital!

She had some time to spare, so she did a little private tour of the delivery suite. I have to say that I am so impressed with the resources available. Each suite is fitted out with these nifty high-tech delivery beds with push bars and so on, there’s birthing stools, birthing balls, bean bags, huge ensuites with a shower and bath as well as a big inflatable birthing pool. There was also a kitchen available for dad to get coffee/tea, ice for mum, etc – they even had a vending machine full of frozen Lean Cuisines and a microwave!

Along the walls of the delivery suite were lots of gold and silver stars, each with the birthdates and names of all the babies born there. The baby stars are part of a program to raise money for sick and premature babies and it was so lovely to walk down the hall past so many names. Our little guy is definitely going to have a star!

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