I was really, really hoping my body would do this on it's own before today but no such luck. So I am leaving in about 10 minutes to go to the hospital to have my water broken.
WISH ME LUCK!!!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I won't be pregnant forever!
I went to the doctor yesterday for my full term checkup. I am still 3cm, although he said I'm a bigger 3cm now...he could stretch me to 4cm if he really tried (ouch!!). I gained 2 lbs, the baby's heart rate was perfect, and my blood pressure was great.
Now to the icky part - obviously the doc wants to break my water to induce and I would like to avoid that. Well, he called the hospital to try and schedule me to have my water broken on Saturday but they told him no. So he schedules me for Friday at 6am. So I did what any woman in my situation would do - I cried. Ok, I didn't sob but I definitely had tears in my eyes and asked him why we had to do it so soon and couldn't it please wait until next week? So he tells me that the doctor I really want to deliver Baby M (from here on out known as Dr. Niceguy) is on call Monday so they can schedule me for then. I go into his office with him and he calls the hospital - they can't do Monday because they already have 3 inductions scheduled. Dr. Niceguy happens to walk in the office in the middle of the conversation and asks me why I don't want to do Saturday. I tell him that Saturday would be ok but the hospital wasn't allowing any inductions that day. So he tells me to come in on Saturday at 9am if I haven't gone into labor yet. But I have to lie - haha! I have to tell the hospital that I had been having contractions and major back pains and I think I'm in labor. When they hook me up to the monitors and find that I'm not in labor they will ask Dr. Niceguy what they should do. He's going to tell them to admit me and break my water since I'm due anyway.
The bad news is that I didn't get the whole weekend like I asked for. The good news is that they are at least giving me a couple of days to get labor started naturally. And the great news is that if I do wind up being induced, Dr. Niceguy is the one on call. Basically, I'm ok with going into labor any time tonight into Saturday morning. I know Dr Niceguy is on call tomorrow morning (so probably overnight as well) and I know MY doctor is on call tomorrow afternoon. And obviously Dr. Niceguy is on call Saturday since he'll be the one inducing me. Because they didn't tell me any options for today, I am going to assume that Dr. Csectionlady is on duty today so let's all hope I DON'T go into labor today!!
So that's it. One way or the other, M&M will be holding their baby girl by the end of the weekend <3
Now to the icky part - obviously the doc wants to break my water to induce and I would like to avoid that. Well, he called the hospital to try and schedule me to have my water broken on Saturday but they told him no. So he schedules me for Friday at 6am. So I did what any woman in my situation would do - I cried. Ok, I didn't sob but I definitely had tears in my eyes and asked him why we had to do it so soon and couldn't it please wait until next week? So he tells me that the doctor I really want to deliver Baby M (from here on out known as Dr. Niceguy) is on call Monday so they can schedule me for then. I go into his office with him and he calls the hospital - they can't do Monday because they already have 3 inductions scheduled. Dr. Niceguy happens to walk in the office in the middle of the conversation and asks me why I don't want to do Saturday. I tell him that Saturday would be ok but the hospital wasn't allowing any inductions that day. So he tells me to come in on Saturday at 9am if I haven't gone into labor yet. But I have to lie - haha! I have to tell the hospital that I had been having contractions and major back pains and I think I'm in labor. When they hook me up to the monitors and find that I'm not in labor they will ask Dr. Niceguy what they should do. He's going to tell them to admit me and break my water since I'm due anyway.
The bad news is that I didn't get the whole weekend like I asked for. The good news is that they are at least giving me a couple of days to get labor started naturally. And the great news is that if I do wind up being induced, Dr. Niceguy is the one on call. Basically, I'm ok with going into labor any time tonight into Saturday morning. I know Dr Niceguy is on call tomorrow morning (so probably overnight as well) and I know MY doctor is on call tomorrow afternoon. And obviously Dr. Niceguy is on call Saturday since he'll be the one inducing me. Because they didn't tell me any options for today, I am going to assume that Dr. Csectionlady is on duty today so let's all hope I DON'T go into labor today!!
So that's it. One way or the other, M&M will be holding their baby girl by the end of the weekend <3
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
STILL waiting!
My doctor checked me on Thursday and I was STILL 3cm! This is just crazy!! So he stripped my membranes hoping to get something moving for me.
On Saturday evening I started having contractions, but they were 7-9 minutes apart. I took a shower and headed off to bed hoping to get some sleep before the tough ones kicked in. Of course I really didn't sleep, I kept watching the clock to time the contractions. By 2am they were about 5-6 minutes apart but still weren't very strong. I think I dozed off for a little while because next thing I knew it was 3am and the contractions were weaker and slowing down quite a bit. :-(
So, here I am - almost 3 weeks since I was told that I was 3cm dilated and still no baby for M&M! I know they are getting sooo anxious. I wish I had some control over this. I've tried having chats with Baby M to convince her to come out but she doesn't want to listen.
My biggest concern at this point is that my OB told me from the beginning that he wouldn't let me go past my due date because I'm VBACing. So I know at my appointment tomorrow he is going to try and talk me into having my water broken. I'm going to see if he'll make a deal with me - strip my membranes again and give me the weekend. If I don't go into labor on my own then I'll agree to check into the hospital on Monday to have my water broken. Oy, I wish this little girl would just decide to come on her own!!
On Saturday evening I started having contractions, but they were 7-9 minutes apart. I took a shower and headed off to bed hoping to get some sleep before the tough ones kicked in. Of course I really didn't sleep, I kept watching the clock to time the contractions. By 2am they were about 5-6 minutes apart but still weren't very strong. I think I dozed off for a little while because next thing I knew it was 3am and the contractions were weaker and slowing down quite a bit. :-(
So, here I am - almost 3 weeks since I was told that I was 3cm dilated and still no baby for M&M! I know they are getting sooo anxious. I wish I had some control over this. I've tried having chats with Baby M to convince her to come out but she doesn't want to listen.
My biggest concern at this point is that my OB told me from the beginning that he wouldn't let me go past my due date because I'm VBACing. So I know at my appointment tomorrow he is going to try and talk me into having my water broken. I'm going to see if he'll make a deal with me - strip my membranes again and give me the weekend. If I don't go into labor on my own then I'll agree to check into the hospital on Monday to have my water broken. Oy, I wish this little girl would just decide to come on her own!!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Nothing, nothing, and nothing
Yep, that's been the last few days. I've had a few sporadic contractions, nothing that would make me think labor is about to start though. Other than being a little more tired than usual, I'm feeling fine.
I've done everything to try and get this little girl to come out and play - I've ate spicy food, ate chinese food, shaved my legs, you name it, I've pretty much tried it - except for castor oil - that's just gross!!
The only really good thing about her deciding not to come on Saturday is that M&M got word on Monday from their attorney that the PBO (pre-birth order) was signed by the judge - yippee!! This means that M&M will be listed on the birth certificate as her legal parents :-)
So, that's my update for now. I'll post again tomorrow after my doctor's appointment!
I've done everything to try and get this little girl to come out and play - I've ate spicy food, ate chinese food, shaved my legs, you name it, I've pretty much tried it - except for castor oil - that's just gross!!
The only really good thing about her deciding not to come on Saturday is that M&M got word on Monday from their attorney that the PBO (pre-birth order) was signed by the judge - yippee!! This means that M&M will be listed on the birth certificate as her legal parents :-)
So, that's my update for now. I'll post again tomorrow after my doctor's appointment!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Long weekend!
So I had another doctor's appointment on Thursday. Nothing fantastic - blood pressure was great, baby's heart rate was perfect, still 3cm and 80% effaced. Doctor told me again how great he thinks my delivery will be because of my progress without any labor. He then tells me that he does not expect me to make it to the following weeks appointment. Wahoo!
Fast forward to Friday night somewhere between 11:30 and midnight. I'm getting contractions and they are 8-9 minutes apart. I decide after a few hours of timing them that I have to try and get some sleep. Yeah, that's funny. I do manage to get a good hour, maybe 2 tops (although Paul doesn't think I got anything more than an hour) before the contrax start getting hard. So I go downstairs and start timing them again. 5 minutes apart. 4 minutes apart. 3 minutes apart. Getting harder and longer. Uh oh! This is the real thing!! I finally call M&M at 4:30 and tell them to get up, have a cup of coffee and head down my way. I wake up Paul and let him know it's time. I have a bowl of cereal and then call my mom to let her know that she's going to have to take my daughter at least for the day. Her and Paul decide to meet 1/2 way between our houses at 6am rather than have Paul drive the hour out to her house and then back. While Paul is gone I start to get nauseous. I call my doula - who I really didn't want to wake up that early since I am over 2 weeks early and she is technically not on call for me yet....and I knew she had been out drinking with friends the night before. She says she's fine, let her shower and get dressed and she'll meet us at the hospital.
We finally leave for the hospital somewhere between 6:30 and 7am. As we're driving out there, I feel the contractions getting easier to handle and farther apart. I tell Paul this better not be happening - I just disrupted so many lives, I better actually be in labor!! We get to the hospy, check in and get on the monitors. Contractions are barely registering, if at all. Great. The doctor tells me to walk for 1-1.5 hours and see if that works. So, my posse (and yes, that's what it looked like with Paul, M&M, and my doula all with me) and I head out to the halls to get in some exercise. They check me after a good hour and I'm still 3cm dilated but now I am 90% effaced. They ask me if I'd like to go home and I tell them yes because I haven't eaten anything since that bowl of cereal at 4:30 am and now I'm starving. The nurses all swear they are going to see me back there later that night or the next morning at the latest. Obviously they were wrong since I'm now sitting here typing this update rather than sitting in the hospital - haha!!
So, that was my weekend. I felt horrible for making so many people disrupt their entire lives but everyone keeps telling me it wasn't my fault. M&M stayed at a relatives house overnight just in case I went into labor again. My mom kept Shayla one more day for the same reason. However, M&M had to get back to the city today so they can resume their normal lives tomorrow. My mom offered to keep Shayla one more day to see what happens but I missed my little munchkin. Besides, who knows if this will actually happen tonight or tomorrow anyway.
I figure now that all of our lives are back to normal, I should go into labor any minute - hahaha!!!!
Fast forward to Friday night somewhere between 11:30 and midnight. I'm getting contractions and they are 8-9 minutes apart. I decide after a few hours of timing them that I have to try and get some sleep. Yeah, that's funny. I do manage to get a good hour, maybe 2 tops (although Paul doesn't think I got anything more than an hour) before the contrax start getting hard. So I go downstairs and start timing them again. 5 minutes apart. 4 minutes apart. 3 minutes apart. Getting harder and longer. Uh oh! This is the real thing!! I finally call M&M at 4:30 and tell them to get up, have a cup of coffee and head down my way. I wake up Paul and let him know it's time. I have a bowl of cereal and then call my mom to let her know that she's going to have to take my daughter at least for the day. Her and Paul decide to meet 1/2 way between our houses at 6am rather than have Paul drive the hour out to her house and then back. While Paul is gone I start to get nauseous. I call my doula - who I really didn't want to wake up that early since I am over 2 weeks early and she is technically not on call for me yet....and I knew she had been out drinking with friends the night before. She says she's fine, let her shower and get dressed and she'll meet us at the hospital.
We finally leave for the hospital somewhere between 6:30 and 7am. As we're driving out there, I feel the contractions getting easier to handle and farther apart. I tell Paul this better not be happening - I just disrupted so many lives, I better actually be in labor!! We get to the hospy, check in and get on the monitors. Contractions are barely registering, if at all. Great. The doctor tells me to walk for 1-1.5 hours and see if that works. So, my posse (and yes, that's what it looked like with Paul, M&M, and my doula all with me) and I head out to the halls to get in some exercise. They check me after a good hour and I'm still 3cm dilated but now I am 90% effaced. They ask me if I'd like to go home and I tell them yes because I haven't eaten anything since that bowl of cereal at 4:30 am and now I'm starving. The nurses all swear they are going to see me back there later that night or the next morning at the latest. Obviously they were wrong since I'm now sitting here typing this update rather than sitting in the hospital - haha!!
So, that was my weekend. I felt horrible for making so many people disrupt their entire lives but everyone keeps telling me it wasn't my fault. M&M stayed at a relatives house overnight just in case I went into labor again. My mom kept Shayla one more day for the same reason. However, M&M had to get back to the city today so they can resume their normal lives tomorrow. My mom offered to keep Shayla one more day to see what happens but I missed my little munchkin. Besides, who knows if this will actually happen tonight or tomorrow anyway.
I figure now that all of our lives are back to normal, I should go into labor any minute - hahaha!!!!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Major Update
Ok, I admit I've been a terrible blogger in the last month or two. I apologize.
Now that that is out of the way, I will update you all on my OB appointment today. You see, one of the reasons I haven't updated is that I haven't really had much to say - all of my appointments are normal, boring, everything is great type of things. Well over the last few days I've been having sporadic contractions so I asked my OB to check me today to see where I am at. I am 3cm dilated and 80% effaced. OH MY! I have a feeling we'll be seeing the beautiful Baby M sooner rather than later.
The good part of this is that my doctor sees no issues with my VBAC. He said having as much progress as I have with no actual labor, the baby being a normal size, and my pelvis being large (thanks doc, just what I wanted to hear) that he expects it to move quickly and be a successful vaginal birth...he is very optimistic that we will have no problems. Waaahooo!!!
I have another appointment in a week - I'll update you all then...if I make it that far!!!
Now that that is out of the way, I will update you all on my OB appointment today. You see, one of the reasons I haven't updated is that I haven't really had much to say - all of my appointments are normal, boring, everything is great type of things. Well over the last few days I've been having sporadic contractions so I asked my OB to check me today to see where I am at. I am 3cm dilated and 80% effaced. OH MY! I have a feeling we'll be seeing the beautiful Baby M sooner rather than later.
The good part of this is that my doctor sees no issues with my VBAC. He said having as much progress as I have with no actual labor, the baby being a normal size, and my pelvis being large (thanks doc, just what I wanted to hear) that he expects it to move quickly and be a successful vaginal birth...he is very optimistic that we will have no problems. Waaahooo!!!
I have another appointment in a week - I'll update you all then...if I make it that far!!!
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