Waking Early

No not me! My midwife.

The receptionist from the OB/GYN just called to reschedule my exam which was supposed to be in an hour. A woman went into pre term labor and the midwife had to rush over to the hospital.

My appointment is now set for Dec 5th, 2:45

I don’t mind too much. But it is weird. Here midwives are in charge of first and second trimester prenatal care, in the third trimester a doctor takes over and, when the time comes, he delivers the baby. Then the midwife comes back into the picture as postpartum caregiver for the duration of the new parent’s hospital stay, which four days in most cases. On the last day new mom is introduced to one of the lactation consultants who will be on call for any help needed after the mom and babe go home. It’s a pretty good system.

Perhaps the mother had already been through it all before and figured that her after care would be better if the midwife were at the birth to see how everything went. Before I know it, it’ll be my turn to go into labor and be at the birthing center. Just six months!