Catchup

So much has happened in Emmett's life over the past week but I thought it was worth a short post to catchup the events of the last month so here goes....
Having one last ultrasound with a new high-risk OBGYN at Kaiser actually put my mind at ease (I know, huge surprise!) Met Dr. Fuentes and had a fantastic appt.- he was up to speed on my chart, had organized and hand-picked my entire transition team from Children's hospital, coordinated the whole surgery with my own OBGYN (Dr. Khadye) and completely explained the entire procedure to me, including the part where I would definitely get to hold Emmett before they took him away to Children's hospital. That part made my day! My faith in Kaiser was restored, and with all the echocardiagrams and ultrasounds behind us, we settled in for a few weeks to wait until the scheduled C-section that would occur on November 1st.
The last few weeks were fairly uneventful. I went in for regular Non-Stress tests (to test baby's movement in a non-stress situation) where Emmett routinely failed to meet the measurements because he kept falling asleep during the tests (no surprise, I kept falling asleep too). No big deal. He was adequately moving and since I had my diabetes under control, Dr. Khadye was very generous in letting me go home each time, instead of shipping me off to the hospital for further tests.
On Tuesday, October 18, I went in for another NST, where Emmett started the test sleeping like a rock. After a few minutes, he not only woke up, but started giving me contractions every 6 minutes. I could hardly blame Dr. Khadye for sending me over to the hospital for further testing, but the doctor there confirmed that I was not in labor (dialated to umm, ZERO) and after a gallon of water, the contractions lost their frequency and regularity and I raced home, determined to be far more ready if another hospital visit was in my future (I didn't even have a bag packed!). I began to wonder if we were going to make it to the scheduled C-section after all. We sped up our schedule accordingly, racing to finish all house projects, baby projects, etc. to attempt a state of "ready" in the event that Emmett decided to come early.
It's a good thing that we did.....