Today’s appointment with the obstetrician went well.
While our little one has definitely not been in a rush to come out, she’s getting ready, almost methodically.
Jason had to work today, though he offered to switch his schedule from an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift to 4 p.m. to midnight but I would rather have him home at night, so I was on my own. Hopefully I’m remembering it all correctly.
Baby girl was quite cooperative. It took no time to find a good steady heart rate on the right side of my tummy and we were even able to strap the monitor down. The medical assistant I worked with today, Dasha, said “It’s nice that you’re so cooperative.” I try.
So, I laid there for about 10 minutes listening to her heart beat, watching the monitor to see the peaks and troughs of her heart rate as well as the couple little contractions — that I saw but didn’t feel.
Then the doctor came in, told me my blood sugar numbers look good, and I told him, “I try.”
He also commented that he wants me to be careful about my weight, I’ve put on a pound or two a week and I’m a bit over what they wanted me to put on with the pregnancy, but I told him I’ve been trying to be careful. Granted, I haven’t walked as much lately since I’m really freaking pregnant. But, now that I’m really close, I’ll try to get back out there since it can help keep me from getting heavier unnecessarily it can also help move me along into active labor.
Oh, that should be soon, now.
My OB checked my cervix and said if I heard him right that I’m 3.5 cm dilated. Last week I was one cm dilated. Remember what I said about methodical progress? Yep, there you go. Just 10 days away from my due date and things are progressing, slowly, surely but steadily.
I could sit at this level of dilation until next week or even up until Nov. 17, when my induction is scheduled, or all of sudden labor could kick start in the next day or two and we could very well have our baby girl this weekend!
This may sound crazy, but, I’m in no rush. Oh, sure, if she wants to come this weekend then I’ll be delighted. If we get all the way to next Sunday, I won’t be bummed, either. She’ll be here soon enough. We waited nine years to start a family so what’s a few more days before she arrives?
Everything happens for a reason. I told my OB that I try think positive so I’m not worried about when she is going to be born.
He says he would like to see “nature take its course” and I’m on the same page there since induction does increase the chances of a C-section, among some other risks and downsides. But, I trust my OB, he’s taken good care of me and helped me take good care of our little one so I know he will continue to do what’s best for the baby and if that means a C-section then that’s what we’ll do.
Just in case, though, he had me make another appointment for next week but I get the feeling he thinks he’ll see me in the hospital before I’m in his office again.
I wouldn’t be surprised if I didn’t make to the appointment next Thursday, either.
So, cross your fingers, everyone that my maternity leave starts before the end of next week because it looks like it just might happen!