Greetings from Delivery Room #9... #9...#9 |
Hello, everyone! We have made the drive, braved the subterranean parking, rode two sets of elevators and at last moved in to our delivery room. It was all very routine, actually.
We met a few nurses- all very informed & friendly. One nurse seemed a little put off by my decision to bring along my gigantic metal Manfotto tripod (12-14 lbs.). It appears to be the talk of the floor because Nurse Jasmine just asked about it, too.
Alice answered a whole series of questions & they gave her the belly bands needed to register the fetal heart rate. Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh. We're at 140 bpm's, people! Alice was unaware but during the initial ten minutes some very minor contractions were registering on the machine.
Fetal & Maternal Vitals on what appears to be the original Fitbit |
The next step is to do a few more physiological checks and that will be followed by the induction.
We're in great shape!