Week 36: More Drama ?!

I thought we finally have the plan sorted out once and for all after our routine check up yesterday after all the back and forth, wait and see approach over the past few weeks -- the plan was to be admitted to the Sanatorium on Saturday this week, stay in the hospital for close monitoring for a week with delivery scheduled on Oct 26 at 37 weeks full term -- I have my bag half packed, thinking that I will have plenty of time to familiarize myself with the environment before little K is born in the same hospital, and ready to enjoy the last two nights at home with mic.

It felt good to have a plan, finally.

Today, the doctor called to tell me the Sanatorium hospital changed its policy for admitting vasa previa patients, so we have to come up with yet another alternative plan.

In short, I think the hospital doesn't want the liability of a vasa previa patient, so they have turned their last vasa previa patient away to the public hospital during the "observation/monitoring" phase and only admitting her back for the final scheduled c-section delivery.  They didn't want to handle the middle-of-the-night emergencies when you only have minutes to have the baby delivered safely so said it was in the patient's best interest to be somewhere else as they are not equipped to handle this.  Yet they still want to make $$ off of your delivery so you go back for the safe and easy stuff as in the final delivery if nothing bad has happened before.   I am sorry, but that is just so typical Hong Kong and so pisses me off.

I am also upset that my doctor has only found this out as he was sorting my admission out this week as opposed to being prepared for this weeks in advance.

I know we are becoming pros at adapting and altering our plans, but I actually hate change.

So the options the doctor gave me are  ---
1) stay at home and hope for the best until the scheduled c-section date  -- even my doctor think that's too risky and not wise
2) check in to the public hospital first this week and go back to the Sanatorium for the final delivery either Oct 24 or Oct 31 (these are the only dates they have an operating room available) --- that involves quite a bit of work to sort through but seems like the most likely outcome
3) deliver the baby tomorrow at the Sanatorium to avoid the risks all together -- I don't think I am mentally ready for him to come out tomorrow just yet.

Stay tuned.  There's never a dull moment in our pregnancy.