If the Chute Fits...

We found out recently that Chief’s reputation as a child is coming back to get all of us in our home. When Chief was just a little chief, he decided to take a short cut into the basement from the first floor of his parents’ house to the basement via the clothes chute. Even though he was much smaller when he was 4-5 years old, the results were not good. He did not get stuck but the drop was quite intimidating looking once he got in there. Let’s just say that his mom needed to come and help him down to the basement.

We found out this past week that little Nemo is nowhere near little. We found out that Nemo’s weight is 9.5. I am not sure if that means 9.5 pounds or 9 pounds, 5 ounces. I know that this is only a difference of 3 ounces but we were told by the OB Fellow that if Nemo is over 10 pounds they will strongly recommend a c-section. (Groaning….) I really do not want a c-section. I had always thought that if Chief and I were fortunate enough to have a baby, I wanted to deliver vaginally without an epidural if possible. It sounds like that plan is not going to happen.

Two days after the ultrasound, I had a check-up appointment and the Nurse Practitioner and the Physician were concerned about the size. They wanted to schedule a c-section for November 13. I was against this plan for three reasons: first, I want Nemo to stay in me a little closer to full-term for development; second, this date is one day after my birthday and we don’t want our birthdays to be so close; and finally, something about delivering on Friday the 13th is unsettling. We compromised and decided to schedule the c-section for November 16.

Now on to my original point. I was told the c-section is going to be scheduled because they do not want the baby to get stuck in the chute. I did not realize the humor of this statement until Chief reminded me about the clothes chute. So this is how I see it, the doctors do not want Nemo to get stuck in the chute like his (or her) dad almost got stuck in the chute when he was little. Like father like son or daughter I guess.