Today I joined Lynette at the Obstetricians office. We were called back and in the patient room for near an hour while waiting for the OB to come in. Lynette was prety impatient... with me. She wouldn't let me call the nurse, play with the toys, use the soap to write messages on the window, look down her throat with the little scope, take her neck's blood pressure, get into the used needle case or anything. I was bored.
The doctor, who was not her normal doctor, finally came in and relayed that the nurse was not aware, but she had been off delivering a baby, it took longer than expected. My response was something like, "What? It takes an hour to deliver a baby?!?! I thought the labor was something I we could do on my lunch break, and I'd still have time to get Arby's"
But she was really nice. I think I like Dr. Smith more than Dr. Gregory. Though there is nothing wrong with Dr. Gregory. Dr Smith was very helpful, patiently asking and answering any questions we had. Sympathizing with Lynette's pelvic pain while explaining the specifics behind it's occurance and what Lynette can do to help.
Though no one told me this, I got the impression that Dr. Gregory would rather see Lynette go into labor naturally, regardless of the baby's size (to an extent). Seems like Dr. Smith would rather induce rather than seeing Lynette giving birth to a 9 lb + baby, regardless of time (to an extent). I like both opinions. I don't know which I would chose. But it's nice to see that both doctors, and others, are working with each other. Makes me feel more comfortable about their decisions.
