…about my doctor. He really is a great doctor. We’ve (Mr. FR and I) never had problems with him. We like his philosophy about birthing, yada, yada, which is one of many reasons we chose him. But right now, I am not too happy. Why?

My original due date, according to my last menstrual cycle was for Oct. 22. I had an ultrasound at 13 weeks that estimated the due date for October 13. My doctor decided then to go with October 13th as the due date. Every check-up, every test, has been done according to that date. I had another ultrasound about a month ago to check for placenta previa, which I’ve had with a couple of my other children, though thankfully it has moved before giving birth. That ultrasound gave a due date of October 9th but did say the baby was slightly smaller in weight than average. When discussing the ultrasound my doctor was relieved to see that the baby’s growth and development was perfect because apparently I’ve been measuring small and it worried him a little.

Last week he dropped a bombshell. “I think maybe we should go with your original due date of October 22.” WHAT!!!! You don’t tell a woman towards the end of her pregnancy that you’re moving her due date back another 9 days! Especially not after telling her the whole pregnancy that she’s due October 13th. Uh-uh, no way!!!

{{sigh}} If you notice a slight change in my due date counter that’s the reason. I have another appointment tomorrow. Last week the doc did mention he might induce me on Friday, October 16th if the baby hasn’t come by then. He thought that was a good median time between all the due dates. I’d much rather the baby came on its own but with a history of having larger babies the induction might not be a bad thing. I am only 5′ 2″ and, believe it or not, have a small bone structure. My biggest baby to date has been exactly 9lbs with most of the others about 8 – 8 1/2 lbs. Now I don’t know what to do. I have been induced with three of my children and they all went very fast (3 hours or less) so I’m not too worried about that part of it. I just want to make sure the baby is ready to come. I’m ready RIGHT NOW.

Patience. I have a hard time with that.

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