Chris's Residency!... and Baby News

I am so proud of my husband, Chris, for getting a residency at Baylor All Saints in Fort Worth! After 3 years of pharmacy school and months of going through the residency process, we are finally at the finish line!

So for those who don't know what a pharmacy residency program is, I'll give you a brief summary.
A residency is a special program where students can chose to undergo more training in the pharmacy field. This training is done in a hospital and it preps pharmacists in a career in hospital pharmacy where they can be a part of patient care. Students go on rotations in a variety of medical fields within the hospital and learn how to make clinical decisions for patients. Students can chose to do a second year residency and it trains pharmacists in a more specialized area. These can include cardiology, infectious disease, oncology, critical care, etc. No matter if a students chooses to do a second year or not, once they are done with their residency, they are qualified to get jobs where they are running hospital floors and becoming an important part of the medical team for patients.

This is a very exciting time because now Chris is starting his career, we'll be making a yearly salary and we are starting a new adventure in our lives.

Baby News

So today is my due date! Exciting right? Not really. I went to the doctor today and my body is still not making any progress on delivering this baby. Unless my body decides to change dramatically in the next couple of days, it looks like I'm going to be induced. So the plan is to go to the hospital on Tuesday for some tests. Because the chances of delivering a stillborn baby increases after 40 weeks, they will do tests to make sure that everything with the baby is going fine. These tests will look at the number of contractions I'm having and the baby's heart rate within an hour. Also do an ultrasound to measure the amount of amniotic fluid. If there is ANY indication that something abnormal is going on with the baby, I'll be immediately sent to Labor and Delivery and I'll be induced then. If the tests go great and everything with the baby is perfect then I'll be induced on Thursday night. According to my doctor, if my body still hasn't made any changes I will be in labor until late Friday night or early Saturday morning. I wish that I had more exciting news today about the baby. But at least now we have a finish line to look forward to.