I've just got in from the hospital. Had a bit of a rubbish day although I had planned a lovely day - reflexology then pregnancy massage. I ended up having to cancel them both because at my 39 week appt this morning my GP was concerned about the fact that I have suddenly started to get swollen feet and hands, had protein in my urine, and my bp was high. So I spent 4 hours at the hospital instead...
Midwives were both lovely and efficient - had bp, urine, bloods and monitoring done really quickly - but then had to wait 2 hours for blood results before doctor could sign me off. My bp was of course back to normal by the time they had given me 30 mins to sit still and dr reckons protein is left over from the urine infection they've just been treating. But as ever with these things, they end up finding other stuff to worry about - so my iron is low, and they were concerned when I said the baby's movements tend to differ each day and that he'd had a couple of quieter days in a row this week. This is fairly normal for my baby over the past few months - some days he's the Dalai Lama, other days he's Mike Tyson - although even I was a bit worried last night as he was so lethargic. Anyway he gave the dr a few good kicks when she tried to measure my bump, so she seemed a bit more relaxed after that.
So he and I are okay, but I have to go back the next time the baby goes quiet for more monitoring, which given he is quiet about one day in 3 means I could be back in there quite soon...
Oh and they claim he's only 2/5 even though he was 3/5 two weeks ago and my bump has dropped hugely since then. So I don't think he's planning an imminent arrival.
Sigh. Thank heavens the end is in sight.