I made it through 38 weeks, 2 days at work! The drive was getting to be an event I dreaded every day -- 45 - 60 minutes each way of being kicked and having nerves hit was getting old. The CNW (cert. nurse midwife) had told me to stop at 38 weeks, but I figured the 2 extra days would be good to round off my semester and hand it all of to my guest teacher and then I'll miss a nice even 60 days of work -- good thing I haven't taken many sick days since I've been working and they'll all be paid (cha-ching)!
I'm glad I married an engineer so I don't have to do all this baby-gear assembly! Jimmy got the stroller/car seat all set up and it's pretty surreal but we've had the car seat chillin' in his car for over a week now, just in case ;-) Easton is also trying to figure out what the heck the pack-n-play is doing in his spot in the family room -- sorry pupsters, we have limited space in that room.
I had pushed back my weekly visit to Thursday so I could see either the Dr. or the CNW that are the only 2 people in the office that can deliver me right now..well, of course, they were both in doing C-sections, so I got to meet the new PA. She was very nice and informative but the physical part isn't yet her forte as she just switched to obgyn from peds. To the best of her knowledge, I'm still not dilated AT ALL (which I can't believe bc of all the hip pain and the Braxton-Hicks I thought I was having). So I'm going back Monday to get 'er checked out again (so not fun) and they'll tell us the plan for later in the week. If lil' man doesn't come out on his own, they are going to induce bc my pelvis has measured small and they're not sure he'll fit (OUCH)! So if I'm dilated = probably go in Thurs. very early and start Pitocin; if not dilated at all still = go in Wed. night for Cervadil medicine to get the parts ready and then start Pitocin early in the a.m. on Thursday. They said usually babies are born around dinner time on the day they start, but it could potentially go into Friday. If labor isn't progressing, it means he probably can't fit through my pelvis, so they'll have to do a c-section...I just hope they don't let me labor all day long w/ Pitocin contractions (I've heard wonderfully awful stories about them) to only make me go under the knife. At least the Big 10 Bball Tourney starts and Jimmy and I will have something to watch to help distract us during the day! Will update more after my appt. Monday.
My friend Jenny keeps telling me my belly has definitely dropped and gotten bigger -- well, she's finally right. I had been at the same circumference since the 1st of November and when I measured last night, it was actually 1.5 in. bigger -- so looks like Peanut has dropped (easily seen) but also probably put on some weight finally. The PA said she's not very good at estimating weight, but she thought "we have a pretty good sized friend in there" much to my amazement because he was only estimated at 5lb 2oz two weeks ago!!! WOWZERS! The fundal height was measuring at about 39 weeks, so still one week ahead -- maybe he will say Phooey to this induction and just get things done himself!
One of my fav pictures below.
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