I had my regular appointment this afternoon and I have some news to report. I have progressed to 2cm and the doctor said I was nearly 3cm - YAY! And what was more exciting for me is that we have an induction date scheduled. If Miles doesn't make it here by Monday I will go to the hospital that morning and they will induce me. This is a HUGE relief for me. I have been so emotional and uncomfortable that it really was feeling like this would never end. With Brenden and Rylan I kind of had 38 1/2 weeks as an end date in my mind and they were both earlier than that so I never got to the point of feeling this way, like it wouldn't end. And now Miles has officially gone as long as Jake so everything forward is uncharted territory for me. And each day has felt so long because I haven't been able to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time and I am still have a lot of back and hip pain. And that has made me short with the kids which then makes me feel like I'm being a terrible mom to them. And Chris has had to do so much on top of his normal work that I feel like I'm being a horrible wife. And so on....So having a FINAL date makes it all a little easier. At least it FEELS easier. And Jake and Brenden are very excited to know their new brother will be here in just 5 days or less.
As for my appointment, everything was fine. Normal blood pressure, 4 lbs gained (I think its mostly from bloating though), Miles sounded great, and normal fondal height. Like I said before, the internal exam had me measured at 2 cm and he said I was very close to 3 cm - so I guess we'll go 2.5 cm.
After the exam is when we talked about the plan. It is the Hospital's policy that nothing elective can be done until 39 weeks, which will be Sunday for me. Originally, the Doctor suggested I come back next week on the 9th for an exam and then have the induction with him the next day. This immediately got me upset since it was last year on January 9th and 10th that I was going through hell with my miscarriage. The Doctor completely understood when I asked if we could do it earlier in the week and suggested I do it Monday with another Doctor that I had seen 3 times already (and I happen to like a lot). It was such a relief that we could get it scheduled and before January 9th, indescribably huge weight lifted with all of this.
And so now we wait 5 days or possibly less if Miles decides he wants to pick the day :)
Belly Pics -
38w, 3d
And Rylan wanted in on the action - She says her baby is coming out soon too! :)
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