May 9, 2003: 41 Weeks

We went to the hospital at 9:30 and spent 30 min on the monitor. Baby wouldn't even stay still so the graph is pretty empty! You have to do that for 30 min before going to the dr about being overdue. When that was done we went to the office of the OB (new one this time). I had to get weighed (ick), pee in a cup (ick again...and very hard to do with a tummy in the way!), and get blood pressure. Then we sat and waited.

I got called to the dr pretty quickly. We sat down with the papers from the midwife, my chart from the last OB (from before January), and the graph from the monitor. The dr seemed very nice at first. He wanted to be sure of the due date so I got another ultrasound. Ok now this is insane. The baby is 'larger than average.' He has a 34 cm head circumference. He also has PLENTY of amniotic fluid and maybe too much info but his testicles are HUGE! I even got a printout of them... haha

So we sit back down at the desk and the dr is pretty much calling me a liar on my due date. Says that according to my first ultrasound I should be due May 5th. Well that still makes me 4 days overdue doesn't it? So he's also wondering if I am technically due even later than that!

THERE IS NO WAY that my due date is later than May 5th. We tried for over a year to conceive. I have calendars marked for my cycles every month. I was in the US during my fertile period in August and got home on the last possible day I could conceive. THAT is the day I conceived. August 9th. If I had a 28 day cycle I'd have been due the last week in April but mine are longer and we figured out that May 1 or 2 was my due date. Possibly even April 30.

So this dr won't induce me. He has me coming back on Monday to do this whole thing again and I'm to bring all of my ultrasounds.. hrmm I have like 12 pics or something to bring in that case! I mentioned mom being here for this event and he didn't seem to care much.

In the end when we left he said he'd write it down that my mom is visiting from the USA for this.. but I doubt it will matter.

We left the hospital.. me crying pretty much nonstop. I can't be pregnant anymore. I need the kid OUT! I had to go to the post office so we stopped and left mom in the car to go do that. On the way to the post office Peter called our midwife. The dr had already called her cussing her out saying that SHE miscalculated my due date! He was very mean to her! Gee! The first OB calculated my due date as April 24th and did an ultrasound at 6 weeks that said I was 6 weeks.. so due first week of MAY! The midwife was not at fault for anything! She thinks that the OB was messing with us. That she knows the hospital is really full with labors lately (common month for births I guess). So they want to keep inductions to a minimum and so they twist dates and info to THEIR favor in order to hold people off.

I don't get why the dr would contradict himself like he did. My due date isn't even here yet by his words yet he admitted that the baby was larger than average. Wouldn't that say anything?

I'm really depressed right now and don't know what to do. I can only hope that the dr sees things my way on Monday. Mom's plane is supposed to leave on Wednesday but if we can get the baby out before then, she will stay an extra few days... if not I don't see the point in paying the $150 penalty for her to stay longer when we aren't sure of a baby coming.

Deliver me.....