Although we were told during our last visit that we will receive an ultra-sound today, we didn't receive one today. The good news is, we already know that "The 4th A" is going to be a girl. Therefore, we were okay with it. We asked Dr. Chen some questions about the Due-Date. At first, we were told that it could be any day during the week before the Due-Date. But when we called last week to inform the nurse of the due-dates, she told us that the date we selected was way too soon. So today, Dr. Chen clarified the requirements to us.
Apparently, it is the hospital's policy that a c-section cannot be scheduled more than 7-days prior to the expected due-date, because of medical liability reasons. But of course, just as Dr. Chen mentioned, there are plenty of occasions where the Mom goes into labor way sooner than 1-week prior to the due-date, and resulting in a c-section that is way sooner than 1-week out. In that case, the hospital has no option but to allow the c-section. But for now, we must follow this rule and therefore, the window of opportunity for a "scheduled" c-section appears to be between July 13 and July 15.
We picked July 15 for now.
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