Project Xerxes: The Fourth Trimester
Jul. 10th, 2011 11:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournWe are coming down to the final stretch starting the 37th week. Since we first started the IVF process last fall, each thing has been day-by-day, week-by-week. In some sense actually having the baby seems like it will be less difficult than the path so far...
Honestly though, the whole experience so far hasn't been extremely difficult physically or medically. DrB having to cope with all those shots that first few months was a challenge, but she responded well and compared to many the IVF process went very smoothly for us. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes a few months back and she was really frustrated by it, but it's responded well to diet and for the most part they are probably good diet changes to make and to keep for both of us.
The biggest problems have been in trying to help her manage her anxiety. She had some pretty traumatic experiences in the past, but so far it's gone reasonably smoothly. We've been pretty focused on getting past each little milestone, and at this point we've gotten past all the various planned events as well as a number of birth- and baby-related classes. The house is 99% ready--we have one more thing coming in the mail this week, and we should be in pretty good shape. We have DrB's birthday party next Saturday and tickets for Harry Potter 7.2 next Sunday, and hopefully we won't need to cancel either event to head to the hospital instead.
Honestly though, the whole experience so far hasn't been extremely difficult physically or medically. DrB having to cope with all those shots that first few months was a challenge, but she responded well and compared to many the IVF process went very smoothly for us. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes a few months back and she was really frustrated by it, but it's responded well to diet and for the most part they are probably good diet changes to make and to keep for both of us.
The biggest problems have been in trying to help her manage her anxiety. She had some pretty traumatic experiences in the past, but so far it's gone reasonably smoothly. We've been pretty focused on getting past each little milestone, and at this point we've gotten past all the various planned events as well as a number of birth- and baby-related classes. The house is 99% ready--we have one more thing coming in the mail this week, and we should be in pretty good shape. We have DrB's birthday party next Saturday and tickets for Harry Potter 7.2 next Sunday, and hopefully we won't need to cancel either event to head to the hospital instead.
