37 Weeks - Full Term/ Fully Baked!

At 37 weeks my pregnancy is considered full term - how wonderful to have made it this far!

 

 

37 weeks bump pics

I've finally completed a birth plan - I'm sure there is stuff that I've forgotten but what is important to us is on there:

Birth Plan

·              I would like to use a birthing pool if available

·              I would like the room to be as quiet as possible with the lights dimmed

·              Please don't offer me pain medication, I'll request it if I need it

·              I would like to touch my baby's head as it crowns and view it using a mirror if possible 

·              I would like to labour down until the urge to push is felt and I would appreciate firm advice and guidance at this time to guard against too quick a delivery giving the perineum time to fan out thus (hopefully) preventing a tear

·              I would like to give birth without an episiotomy

·              I would like my Husband to be in the pool and help "catch" our baby, and he is to tell me what sex the baby is if I don’t see for myself 

·              I would like to wait until the umbilical cord stops pulsating before it's clamped and cut by my Husband

·              I would like to hold my baby right away and have our skin-to-skin “Golden Hour”, putting off any procedures that aren't urgent. If I can’t do this my Husband will

·              I would like to deliver the placenta spontaneously and without assistance

·              I would like to breastfeed as soon as possible and want our baby to be breastfed only please: no bottles, pacifiers, artificial nipples, formula, or water

·              I would like our newborn to stay with us at all times, and can all physical exams and procedure be done in the room with us

·              The baby can have the Vitamin K injection

·              I would like a side room if one is free when moved from the labour ward, we are willing to pay for this

I have also finished packing the Baby's hospital bag at last! So all we need now is the baby! No signs yet and my bump hasn't dropped so we could be in for the long haul! I'm not fed up of being pregnant, in fact I'm loving the baby moving and feeling the feet so clearly at the moment but I am feeling impatient with excitement. I've only been on maternity leave a couple of days though and I'm bored! I have been doing a bit of housework and finishing off preparing for Baby's arrival - oh and a bit of resting! So whenever you're ready Baby D - we are!