Doctors Appt update

Very good news!!! (no, I'm not in labor...but the next best thing though...). So last week my cervix was still firm and not effaced (thinned) at all. My doctor thought I would have to do cervical ripening (a medication to soften the cervix and efface it) this week, which we couldnt do till a full 41 weeks per hospital policy. But today when we went in, I was effaced to 70% and my cervix was soft. This means I don't need to do the cervical ripening (or wait till thursday or friday) and we can just be induced. My doctor actually asked Joe and I, "Since we don't need to wait till the end of the week, would you like me to call the hospital to schedule an induction?" REALLY?!? No, no, please...let me go another week I'm really enjoying this...YES of course we wanted her to call!!!! So when she came back in the room, she said that we should come to the hospital tomorrow at 730am and then they would admit me and start an IV for the pitocin (which causes the contractions). My doctor will come by the room at 830 in the morning to break my water and then we'll go from there!!! Joe and I are so excited and anxious. We were just giddy afterward we left the clinic :)

So this will be my last post for a few days at least...or a while...who knows. But I'm sure you will all get the updates from our mothers or from each other!!!

FYI:

No baby yet. I am still pregnant. Here's how I feel: anxious, huge, frustrated, uncomfortable.

Thank you for not calling me today and asking me these questions.

Drs appt tomorrow, I'll write an update afterwards and let everyone know what's going on. (my wild guess: nothing).

And.....

still pregnant. Bummer. But last night I lost a little of my mucous plug (sorry, I know that's gross...but it is an update). Hopefully I will cont to lose it today and be on my way to labor rather than an induction!



Happy Easter everyone!! Enjoy your families and all the blessings you have been given in life :)

Stupid "baby counter"

So yesterday the Baby Countdown counter thing at the left of the blog said "zero" days left till the baby was due--because that was his due date (he must have lost his planner or something and forgot). So I was curious and went on today to see what it would say today now that I'm overdue. It's back to saying "one day" left till baby is due.

I won't lie, I was actually MAD at the counter when I saw it. Resentful is more like it....which is stupid. I think I'm just trying to take my frustration out on something :) haha.

Joe and I went to Lifetime AGAIN last night trying to walk this baby right out. Didn't work I guess.

Doctors Appt update

Well today I left the doctors office NOT crying...so that's a good thing! I actually heard exactly what I wanted to hear when I went in: that Ryder's head is dropped down--it's as low as it can be pretty much (just ask my bladder). And, since his head is officially engaged and down low, Dr. Craemer stripped my membranes to try to stimulate some action. I'm not really different in dilation and she said my cervix is still fairly "thick" (I didn't get a percentage on the effacement or anything though--I forgot to ask) but she said what I wanted to hear: head is LOW :) So, his head is low, we've made some good progression, and now the dilation and effacement will hopefully follow on its own sooner rather than later.

As for the scheduling of an induction, Fairview Southdale will not induce you till you're 41 weeks. so next week my doctor told me to come into the clinic on Tuesday (two days shy of a full 41 weeks) and we will schedule the induction. She said it takes a day or two to "get in" so at least now I can technically know that one week from today or tomorrow-depending on when I can get in--we WILL have a baby! Both Joe and I are really hoping that it doesnt come down to that. We want him out now!!

I will try to keep you all updated if anything happens. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers that it happens soon and more importantly, that we have a healthy baby :)

40 weeks!

And this week better be the LAST week too! 40 weeks/10 months of being pregnant feels as though it's been a lifetime. Yep, that's right, I have been pregnant my whole life it feels like...

Over the weekend, Joe and I got momentarily excited over some contractions I was having. On Friday night, I was just being a bum on the couch with Joe watching the bball games (ps: we already know that I am the winner of my bracket...take that MOM and DAD!!) and we started timing the contractions--they were 15 min apart on the dot for a few hours. Unfortunately, they never got stronger OR closer. They eventually went away. So that was just what is called "false labor" where my body is just preparing for labor. It would only be considered true labor if the contractions got stronger/more painful and also got closer together. The same thing happened Sunday night, where I was having a lot of regular contractions, but again, they never got closer and never got stronger, eventually going away. Today, I have had my typical sporadic contractions, but nothing regular or anything. I told Joe that the contractions don't hurt-they are just uncomfortable and my belly turns into granite it's so hard--sorta like a big muscle that's flexing. After I have them for a while I start to get a bit nauseated and my back hurts, but like I said, they go away and your excitement dies because you know it's not progressing :( So again, it's just a waiting game I guess, which as for those who know me, is really really ridiculously hard for me since I'm such a planner!

We have our 40 week doctors appointment on Wednesday this week and the due date is Thursday. I selfishly prayed at Church on Sunday that I would have the baby this week...I didn't even care if it was not in His plan! So be selfish with me and pray that we have this baby this week! Our books this week said that 50% of babies go past their due date anyways and an even higher percentage go past when you're pregnant with the first baby...so these prayers may be unanswered...hahah. anything helps though! I'll post again Wednesday or Thursday and update everyone on the doctor's appointment.

39 weeks and still going...of course

So I had my 39 week appointment for the week. I may or may not have had an intense (and slightly hormonaly-induced) cry session afterwards. My OBGYN after she checked me said, "no change from last week." and she must have noticed the shock on my face. I then asked her if she could strip my membranes (I've heard people talk about how that works...) but she said it would be pointless because his head is so high up there that it wouldnt do anything but cause me discomfort anyways and it would be pointless. Disappointment crosses my face at this point....So she said to me then--now I'm saying this not to be mean, but to prepare you: this is your first baby, his head is still very high, and I do not see you going anytime soon. In fact, I think it's a safe bet to say that you will go overdue. At this point now, my nose starts to tingle and my eyes start to water...she pushed some tissues at me and told me to hang in there. thanks.

So I composed myself and made my 40 week appt (this is where I start to tear up again when the lady at the front desk says, "hopefully we won't see you for your 40 week appt!!" all chipper-like--doesn't she know the terrible prediction my OB just made?!?!?) Anyways, I got to my car and called joe. The second Joe answers the phone: flood gates open and I sob like a cry baby for a good 15 min on the phone. I had the whole blotchy face/swollen eye thing going on and everything. Poor Joe was trying to be so supportive and kept shooting him down everytime he tried to be positive. So lets just say I had a bad day, but as I have been sitting here at work, I decided that I have to get over it because what is the point of being all dramatic and depressed because there is NOTHING I can do about it! But please---no more "hang in there" statements. You may get a slap from me. (kidding). (sorta).

So that's the update on my doctor's appointment. I have my 40 week appointment next Wednesday-- the day before my "due date". Other updates from our book...ummm, not much. Basically he's ready to come out. gaining a little fat still, but that has tapered off in the last week or so which I can tell because last week I lost a pound and this week i didnt gain anything. (bring on more pizza, fries/burgers and donuts for some feel good food, huh?) The avg baby at this point weighs between 7-9 lbs. let's hope it's closer to 7 and not 9 please. till next week....!