No luck with the perinatologist...

Well, just a quick update. The visit with the perinatologist proved futile in my attempt to convince someone to remove my stitches. Everyone seems to be way more concerned with the baby's health than with mine. I guess there's officially a new princess in town...

The nice little Asian doctor lady told me that the stitches are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing and "to take them out now would be malpractice." I told her to give me some strong drugs then so I can't feel the pain of the baby's head pushing down on the stitches in my cha-cha all the time. She told me I would have to get Dr. Huggins to prescribe them for me. So then I tried to find Dr. Huggins but her office said she was in Labor and Delivery and when we walked over there we couldn't find her, so I have just been taking Tylenol for the past 24 hours, which the nurse lady told me was okay.

Oh. and I forgot to mention the highlight of the appointment. When I went into the bathroom to change into my robe for the ultrasound, there wasn't any counter to set down my pants or underwear while I changed. So I thought, "I will just set them in the sink for a second while I put this robe on..." but ooops.... it was an automatic sensor sink and the water instantly came on and soaked my pants and underwear. Awesome. Me and the ultrasound tech had a good laugh about it. After the appointment was all over she's like, "Well, I'll step out so you can change back into your soaked pants and underwear now!" Then when I waddled over to Labor and Delivery to look for Dr. Huggins with my big belly and my soaked pants I am sure the nurses were looking at me instantly thinking, "We've got one in labor here! Her water's broke!"

Nope... just the old pants in the sink mishap.

So, it looks like I have at least another few weeks before these stitches are coming out! Then at 36 weeks they will take them out and I think they are just assuming she will practucally fall right out at that point because she is so low and her head is like, on top of my stitches. My cervix is even opening on both ends but it is just staying closed where those stitches are... hence the pain and pressure I assume. This is such a pleasant and TMI post! :) I hope the next 3 weeks goes fast!