All wired up: CTG Scan at the hospitalWith less than two weeks to go before the due date we are definitely on the final countdown. I'm torn between relishing the final few days of freedom and enjoying the strange movements in my belly - and at the same time, wishing it was all over so I can walk more than two yards without needing the toilet. So anyway, the doula is now on call 24/7. The nursery is overflowing with nappies, wipes and bum cream. And my belly is absolutely enormous - although strangely my belly button hasn't popped!
After the electrocution incident, my regular check-up with the Prof was brought forward. "It's a very good sized baby" Prof frowned as he laid his measuring tape over my enormous bump. As if sensing my horror at the thought of giving birth to a ten-pound monster child, Prof hastily countered with "Then again, you've got huge fibroids so it's difficult to be exact". Cheers then, that's a relief!
At today's check-up I had to do a CTG scan, which is basically monitoring the baby's heartbeat, movements and any contractions. Two large pads were strapped to my belly and I was hooked up to the machine. It was quite a surreal experience in the CTG room as two other ladies were having scans at the same time, so all we could hear was the rapid 'whoomp, whoomp, whoomp' of little baby heartbeats. It was a bit like being inside a gigantic womb, although the effect was slightly spoiled by the lady in the corner snoring loudly behind her curtain!
After the electrocution incident, my regular check-up with the Prof was brought forward. "It's a very good sized baby" Prof frowned as he laid his measuring tape over my enormous bump. As if sensing my horror at the thought of giving birth to a ten-pound monster child, Prof hastily countered with "Then again, you've got huge fibroids so it's difficult to be exact". Cheers then, that's a relief!
At today's check-up I had to do a CTG scan, which is basically monitoring the baby's heartbeat, movements and any contractions. Two large pads were strapped to my belly and I was hooked up to the machine. It was quite a surreal experience in the CTG room as two other ladies were having scans at the same time, so all we could hear was the rapid 'whoomp, whoomp, whoomp' of little baby heartbeats. It was a bit like being inside a gigantic womb, although the effect was slightly spoiled by the lady in the corner snoring loudly behind her curtain!
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