My due date is in four days and so far at my last two appointments I was 1 cm dilated and 30% effaced. I have another appointment on Friday and I am hoping beyond hope that my body is progressing enough that if I don’t go into labor on my own by Sunday I can schedule to be induced sometime early next week. My doctor is completely comfortable with inducing but he also is bluntly honest and if he doesn’t think your body is going to respond to it in an appropriate manner and he will end up having to do a c-section he tells you and would rather wait up until 42 weeks to see if your body will move in the right direction for vaginal birth. I want to have Liam vaginally and if it Dr.Kelley told me that if we induced before my body showed signs of moving in the right direction I’d have to have a c-section I would of course hold off. BUT in the event that he says my cervix is softening or dilating and wouldn’t have a problem inducing me I am all for it!
I’m ready to be done being pregnant. I know that may sound selfish to some but I have been pregnant since March of last year. I only had a two week gap between my miscarriage and when I conceived again in May. So needless to say my body has gone through a lot of radical changes and I am just purely exhausted. Not to mention Liam is measuring long and closer to eight pounds than seven and with me being as short as I am and having a shorter torso I am running out of room. I know these are normal pregnancy woes and that most if not all pregnant women experience them but I also think most if not all pregnant women reach this point of pregnancy and are just plain done.
I’m ready to meet my son. I feel like I know him so well because he and I have spent so much time together, just he and I. Now, though, I am more than ready for his arrival into the world. Chase is damn near chomping at the bit to meet his son, my mom asks me every day either over the phone, text, email, in person, ect if I am feeling anything, or if I am sensing any signs of labor. My in-laws text me almost every day now to find out if anything is happening. Everyone is just so ready for this baby to arrive.
All the books, blogs, magazines, and most doctors alll agree that you should carry your baby as close to forty weeks as possible. Well, at my appointment on Friday I will be two days away from my due date and if it is possible to be induced I think thats pretty damn close to forty weeks if you ask me.
I know some of you moms out there are big advocates for natural birth and letting the body do as nature intended but I think as some point we can all agree we get to the point that we just want our babies here, out of our bellies, and into our arms, happy and healthy. Thats all I want. I’d just rather not have to wait until 42 weeks to get there!
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