Good luck Soda hope all goes well. Excited to find out what colour you are 
Potato I think you're absolutely right. Denying a newborn attention just seems really fucking weird tbh! Have you read much about the idea of the 4th trimester? A lot of that makes sense to me.
So, had a really shit day yesterday. 36w midwife appointment as planned. Raised bp, which she thought was due to being a bit swollen up in this fucking heat and humidity Appointment was late afternoon so I'd had all day Saturday in a hot office not moving enough or having my feet up etc.
Anyway, had to go to hospital to get checked out to rule out pre eclampsia. First bp check there was fine, having just been in an air conditioned car for 40mins so was feeling much more comfortable. Midwife was also lovely.
Still had to have a bp profile done as it had been raised with the midwife so got taken off to a ward. Sat on a chair where my feet didn't reach the floor (great for swollen ankles) and had a bp monitor that checked every 10mins or so. Fine.
Then another midwife comes in and asks to feel baby, she does that and then says she's going to hook baby up to a fetal heart monitor. No explanation. Tells me to relax yeah ok then and to press the buzzer whenever I feel her move. She left the bay saying something about how the doctor would be in soon. Nobody had mentioned a doctor before.
She came back a while later and checked the readings on the fetal monitor and I finally managed to ask what was wrong and were they worried about the baby. Nope, totally routine apparently and nothing to be concerned about. Great, but why not fucking tell me that upfront rather than have me sit there stressed not knowing - especially if you're worried about my fucking blood pressure!!
Anyway... 2hrs later and they discharged me with the midwife due to see me to check bp again tomorrow. I honestly don't think there's anything wrong. I swell up on hot days, always have done, and it goes down again. If swelling raises bp then seems a fairly clear link to me.
Just really pissed off with unnecessary stress yesterday with not being told a thing about what was happening and also worried I'm going to end up not being classed as low risk anymore, which will mean I have to give birth there rather than my nice midwife only birth centre, which is about as close to a home birth as you can get without having to provide your own towels!
Sorry for the me post, especially when I've been quiet recently, just still feeling a bit raw from it all.