Monday, August 8, 2011
The waiting game
I cannot believe I made it past 39 weeks and still have not had this baby! After having some pre-term labor problems around 32 weeks and having to take medicine and go on partial bed rest to keep her from coming both me and my doctor thought for sure I would've had this baby by now. But here I am at 39 weeks shaking my head wondering how in the world I made it this far and then wondering if she is ever going to come. I know she will come, but the waiting game is just about killing me. I went to the doctor today and found out I am dilated to a 4 and almost completely thinned out. I have to admit that even though this is progress in the right direction I was a bit bummed out. With the exception of drinking castor oil, I really have done everything I can to try to get myself to go into labor. NOTHING has worked! I've even been running and doing jumping jacks, which is horribly uncomfortable at this point and still no luck. She's a stubborn one! I am scheduled to be induced this Friday night, but I am really hoping she will come before then for a number of reasons. First off, my in-laws are in town and it would be great if I had her before then so they could see her. Second, I am nervous about being induced. I wanted to go natural again with this baby like I did with Carson, but if I have to have pitocin I'm not sure I handle it. I've heard pitocin makes contractions feel even stronger so if that's true then I'm not so sure about going natural. Anyways, being induced kind of just throws off how I had it set in my mind of it all happening. Apparently this baby girl is in no hurry whatsoever to get here so I guess I should just sit back and relax until Friday.
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That's so like girls—taking their sweet time. She's probably just in there primping so she'll look extra pretty when she comes out. Or, maybe she can't decide which birthday suit to wear!
I was induced with both of mine and LOVED it! But then again I don't have anything to compare it to. You'll survive - I promise! I tried caster oil when I was pregnant with Adia - it just tasted gross and didn't work.
Good luck with everything!!! Sounds like some progress has been made. Maybe keep doing what you're doing and it will kick things into gear :)
The waiting game can be the worst. Mostly I think it's the not knowing about everything. Hopefully your in-laws are able to see her before they leave.
Good luck! If you are more than 90% effaced and at a 4 then they can just break your water, and you probably won't even need the pitocin.
So excited for that baby girl to get here!!! Hope you are hanging in there these last few days, thinking about you! Love and miss you guys!
Be grateful that she is going to be full term! Yay! Although the heat is bad when you are pregnant, just think of the cute chunker you will have! I am sure if you were induced, you could handle it - If I can feel the contractions at 7-8 cm on pitocin you can do it too!
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