Friday I had my biweekly appointment with Dr. Glas. Have I mentioned before how much I really have come to love her?

Everything looks good for me. My blood pressure is great. No protein or sugar in my urine. Baby's heart rate is good. Then she asked how my appointment with Dr. Lacey went. Well there goes the good time we were having :/

I explained the appointment as best I could remember. I even had my notes with me but like I've said, I stopped writing at one point. I told her about the two options presented and she asked if Jason and I had made our choice. I looked at her, tears in my eyes, and said yes. We choose to fight. She nodded her head and closed her eyes and when she opened them she said:

"You are making the right choice"

She went on to tell me there is no wrong choice here. Jason and I know this baby more than anyone else and we are the only ones who can make a decision like that. We know what's best for him and for our family. She then went on to say if she was in my position she would make the exact same choice. Her being a medical doctor she can understand Dr. Lacey's views on things but that she would still make the same choice Jason and I made. Dr. Glas reaffirmed Dr. Lacey is a wonderful doctor and knows she will do everything in her power to be able to save this little boy but that she has to give us our options along with the pros and cons for both. Of course I understand that. It just felt really nice to have someone in the medical profession tell me we are making the right choice. To be clear and fair Dr. Lacey never told us we were making the wrong choice. As a matter of fact she left the room from our Thursday appointment saying she was going to start putting the teams together and would call me when the surgery date had been set so she probably already realized we were going with option 1. But it was nice to have someone say you're making the right choice.

Dr. Glas let me know whatever the date she will make herself available for us. This baby has so many people on his side wanting to help. It really is incredible.

I had my OB appointment with Dr. Glas on Friday, November 8th. For those keeping track that makes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with appointments. All in one week.

I really wanted to hate Dr. Glas. Not because she is horrible or mean or anything else but because she represents what is so scary. I had to switch because of little guy's issues and she is the new delivering doctor. Luckily for me, Baby Brother and Jason is wonderful and delightful. Soft spoken. Not something I'm used to that's for sure.

I explained what Dr. Lacey had said about taking Baby Brother straight to the NICU and she reminded me there's always hope. Not to give up hope. And that sometimes these babies surprise us. She also reassured me that even if he needs to go straight to the NICU, as long as it doesn't endanger him, she will make sure I get a kiss in. She also said she will talk to one of the nurses to see if they will act as photographer for me. There will be one nurse in there that does her job before they cut me so she would be a good candidate for the position. She also let me know she's fairly confident, given Baby Brother's situation, everyone will be on high alert and more than willing to do even more than they normally do for our family. I do love a doctor that wants to help me remain optimistic.

She saw my bruise and asked what the heck happened to me. I told her it was that crazy lab she sent me to and told her how the guy practically beat up my arm! "Oh that reminds me" she said. "I got your results from the glucose test. I think it was normal." I said you think? And she said she would check to make sure but that she had several come in that week all abnormal so my name stood out since it was normal. Usually the other way around. She left the room and came back in with a smile and said "You're normal" and I said "I've never been accused of being normal!" and she laughed and said she can't speak for me personally but my glucose test was normal. Thanks for clarifying doctor! And thank you for the positive outlook on things. It's nice to feel like someone is in my corner.

Since I will be delivering at Baptist I had to get a new doctor that delivers at Baptist. My lazy doctor only wants to deliver at Orange Park and St. Vincents. :/ I kid really. Dr. Hyler's office is probably one of the busiest single doctor practices I've ever seen. He is a highly regarding OB and has even been voted by the OPMC nursing staff as their favorite. Well, I'm sure "favorite" wasn't the word that was used but I can't remember the honor given to him but it was based on the votes by the nurses as the doctor they like working with. Anyway, it was upsetting to learn I wouldn't be able to have him deliver Baby Brother. His office was the most sympathetic when they heard the news. The other offices acted as if it was no big deal, they deal with craziness all the time. But Dr. Hyler and his staff were really wonderful. One of his office staff even had her baby on my birthday in my honor. At least that's what I'll tell myself.

I had my first visit with my new doctor on Friday and I have to admit I was happy. I didn't know what to expect but my friend had used the same doctor with one (or maybe more) of her kids and her sister works there. I know her sister and the sister's daughter so already I felt a bit of a bond with the office. I didn't have to wait forever (if you've ever been a patient of Dr. Hyler you know what I'm talking about!). As a matter of fact for being a new patient they had me in and out of there pretty quickly. Hopefully that remains the case.

Everything was good. My blood pressure was 132/70 and there was no protein in my urine. I have to watch it closely since Christian was premature due preeclampsia and high blood pressure along with protein in the urine is the first signs of it.

Dr. Glas is who I met with. She said she would most likely be delivering me but that if I went into labor over the weekend it could be anyone. I explained once my kids are settled in my belly they do not want to come out! I was induced with Christian and after 12 hours was dilated a centimeter. That's why they did the C-Section. So with Georgia she was a repeat section and I had her 3 days before my due date. At 3 days before my due date I still hadn't dilated at all. Not at all. So I don't think we have much to fear with Baby Brother. Although it does appear he enjoys forging his own way.

So, it looks like, if everything goes well and he doesn't decide to keep letting his heart grow out of control, that Baby Brother will have a birthday of January 6th or 7th of 2014. So either he'll share a birthday with Mr. Bean or Katie Couric. Let's just pray he doesn't share one with Christian.