(Posting by email, as I don’t know if the DSL will be gone by the time I get home or not, and cross-posted at ADL)

Just got back from my 35w appt, and man, do I love my doctor.

I’ve been resistant to having an ultrasound to measure size, but she totally worked with me to make it okay. MAGICAL. I’m having it at 38w, not 37w, and we went over the possible outcomes.

Baby measures <8lbs, great, do nothing Baby measures 8-9lbs, and I've dilated a few cms, maybe discuss induction Baby measures 8-9lbs and NOT dilated, let it ride another week. Baby measures 9+ lbs, we talk induction Baby measures 10+ lbs, we really talk induction & possibly c-section

BUT, “it’s all up to [me] what I want to do.” So reassuring, you know? She is also on-call that following week, and so I think I’d be okay if she suggested induction in that week. She also was upfront that there’s a margin of error of +/- 1lb as well, which I really appreciated. Maybe she reads here?

Other than that, everything else is fine — BP, urine, weight, measurement — nothing has gone awry as a result of the GD stuff. Yay!

I also spent the morning buying some more baby supplies — we now have a PackNPlay, temporal thermometer, baby medicines, and shelf paper for the drawers of the baby’s dresser. Tomorrow I go to the nearest BRU (two hours away . . . ) and stock up on stuff like onesies, yeehaw!