My mum and I arrived in Nelson on Monday night and the internet was finally hooked up this morning! After how many weeks of trudging down to the local library every morning to use theirs and talk to DH, this is a real novelty!
Our move up to Nelson was supposed to happen on Tuesday but on Monday night I started having lower stomach and back pain that didn't seem to go away. So we called the midwife on duty that night and went down to the clinic. She put me on the fetal heart monitor machine for a while and since the pain had gone by then decided that I wasn't in labour and was probably just an upset stomach or some other reason for the pain. She said that she didn't want us to stay in Westport as they are only able to cater for women who are full term with uncomplicated second pregnancies. The nearest bigger hospital an hour and a half away doesn't have a neonatal unit nor a pediatrician so if I did go into labour that night, it would mean a helicopter flight to a bigger hospital in Christchurch or Nelson since I am only 35 weeks tomorrow.
We had packed our stuff into the car that afternoon and were pretty much ready to leave town anyway so we went home and got our stuff and headed off into the night (it was already 9pm) in the rain to drive the 3 hours to Nelson. In hindsight this was not the best idea and I was personally against it as the route we had to take is a very quiet country road and I had images of us with a flat tire and no body coming along to help us (not that I don't know how to change a tire, but we did have a car FULL of stuff and it was raining hard). But we did get here safely at 1am.
Nelson has quite a big hospital with all the whistles and bells a pregnant woman should technically need. Yesterday I met the woman who I decided I will take on as my midwife or lead carer for the rest of my pregnancy and the birth. So that is a big relief to get that sorted out. Now it is just a matter of getting the last few things together for Maru chan's arrival and hoping that it happens not long after DH gets here from Japan.
Glad you are getting settled and sorted before baby arrives. I do hope that the rest of your pregnancy goes smoothly and that DH arrives soon. Sending good wishes your way....
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