The midwife tried to do a sweep this morning. Apparently my cervix is still quite far back and although the cervix was soft enough she couldn't properly hook around it. Lovely. I did feel some cramping for an hour after it but it's fading away now. I'm back on Thursday to try it again.
Midwife today was also concerned my iron levels might not be high enough. They were on the low side (10.5) at my 36 week appointment. At the time I said the iron sulphate tablets will make me sick so I had asked if spatone would be ok because I know I can take that. Two midwives said that would be fine. I asked at my 38 week appointment if they would be checked again to make sure and was told no. The midwife today wasn't happy with the spatone and said it might not increase my iron levels enough so she wanted to check. It's frustrating because if the first two midwives had said spatone might not be enough then they could have tried something else. Now it's too late to do anything about it if there on the low side. If they come back low then I won't be able to deliver at the midwife led unit. I really wanted to have my baby there.
My fundal height isn't increasing so if it's still not increased on Thursday I'll need to have a growth scan.
I just burst into tears when I got to my car.
When I was parking the car at home the wheels kept sliding on the ice so I was getting really wound up about that.
I came online to send an email to my friend and thought I'd check facebook at the same time. I had a comment from someone asking if there is any sign of the baby yet. Again I just burst into tears.
I'll be 41 weeks tomorrow.
I hope the midwife phones soon to let me know about the iron. She did seem concerned so I'm expecting them to come back low.
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