soon. very soon.
done already three acupuncture sessions with nadav. now they are more painful cause he’s using thicker needles. yesterday he even tried to electrocute me using electrodes, but i didn’t like the feeling, so he stopped the procedure.
noah is still sick, but i sent him to be with my parents cause i had some checkups earlier and even if i didn’t, i’m not very nice to be around these days. so i spared him.
i had another acupuncture session with nadav today. this time nadav used more needles and tried to induce labor. he said that now i look ready for labor other than that i drank castor oil. this is not a very nice experience, but i expected worse. this is also supposed to induce labor. noah is at home with a high fever and we watch alot of tv together. there are some new good kids shows which i rather enjoy. i have to go be with noah now, i’ll try to come back later with interesting stuff.
today is my due date, but babies rarely check the calender. i have a doctors appointment now, lets see what she says, although i’d rather hear what my midwife has to say.
i am very pleased about my visit to nadav the acupuncturist. he was very good. he’s also a nice person. i like him.
strange things nadav has in his clinic: a huge ear, the book “spleen and stomache” and this disturbing image (actually a series of three):
during the treatment my eyes were aimed directly at the guys privates. link to image source
p.s. i’m ill since yesterday. sore throat.
i am sooo tired. i decided to take my midwife’s advice and tonight i’m going to be stabbed by tiny needles, or in other words, i’m going to an acupuncturist. His son, Stav, was in the kindergarten with Noah. Limor, his wife, had a c-section first time round and a vbac second time round, so it was nice talking to her about this. furthermore, first time she gave birth at the same hospital i did, lees, in tel-aviv and second time she gave birth in laniado, Netanya, and had a wonderful experience. that’s the hospital i’m going to give birth in this time.
waiting Originally uploaded by superbomba
very relevant photo i saw in daddy types. I wish things were still like this today. last time was about to give birth, for some reason the staff decided i want my parents in the delivery room with me, and so I had james sleeping on the floor and my mom and dad from each side of my bed. not very apropriate, i think.
btw, this is the first time i’m posting through flickr. how does it look?
went to see my doctor today. the baby still wont budge. he’s getting big, so he’s got to get out soon or he’ll be too big for me to give birth vaginally. i will tell him later today that he may now come out. I didn’t want him to come out before, but now I understand that he has to. I will try and instruct him on how to do that properly.
so I think he’ll probably be born tomorrow or by tuesday. contractions haven’t started yet, but i can arrange for them to start later today, with the power of my mind. i am not joking, so maybe i’m a little naive or even stupid.
can’t have them start before tonight because Noah has invited me today to an open music class, to celebrate the end of the season. He really loves this class and it’s very important for him and for me that I come see it.
Other than that, it’s euro 2008 final tonight and James wants to watch it with friends.
Dr. Arbel told me today that my chances have not improved and that I still have a 20% chance to give natural birth. I thought about it and decided, with her encouragement, that despite the bleak forecast, I will aim for a natural birth and take into account the possibility of a c-section. At least I’ll know I tried.
When I picked Noah up from the kindergarten. I ran into Bila, the neighborhood Dula, and told her about this. She said I should speak to her. I think I’ll call her tomorrow morning.
I told Noah that the baby is coming real soon and he replied very formally “thank you for letting me know, mother”. I love his responses. Ironically, I’m most proud when he gives me a cheeky answer. Not that this was the case at this instance.
I have my gynecologist appointment tomorrow. I want to hear what she has to say. Last pregnancy I had to undergo a c-section because the labor wasn’t progressing properly. The doctor will tell me tomorrow what my chances are of delivering this baby naturally. if they are low, I will have to schedule an elective c-section. Funny that it’s elective, seeing that I might not have a choice.
Other than that, I opened the day at La Bonne Patisserie. I wanted to order the Opera cake - a chocolate layered cake with a golden ornaments on top, but the owner didn’t let me. She said I will feel to heavy afterwards and restricted me to a brioche. Gotta love these girls!
I have to put fresh batteries in my camera so I can start posting stuff I see during my day.