39 weeks 2 days
Well, I'm definately in the home stretch now. I've been getting off and on crampy with the occassional contraction, and walking has become a painful experience. Baby's head is definately down low (although I haven't dilated any yet >.<; ), but I haven't had any spotting or leaking of amniotic fluid.
At my weekly appointment yesterday, the doctor informed me that they don't let their patients go past 41 weeks. Perhaps earlier in the pregnancy I would have tried to ask to go to 42 weeks, but at this point I'm so uncomfortable that 41 weeks sounds lovely. If I make it to my appointment next week (I'll be 40 weeks 1 day), we will schedule my induction date instead of another appointment.
Hubby and I talked in the car about how we have a decision to make at that point. The doctors would probably not be adverse to scheduling the induction sooner rather than later, but that will take away any chance of letting him come on his own. If we ask to come in on the weekend or early the following week, it would give baby a few extra days to come on his own (as well as give my body some time to start dilating) before we make him come out. At this point, we're apt to say that unless there's something wrong that we'd rather wait as long as possible. The statistics for c-sections following chemical inducement scares me, and hubby likes the idea of giving baby the chance to choose his own birthday.
So now I have less than 2 weeks to do everything in my power to get this party started. Not that I really have much control over when it starts. I've bought ginger snaps and lifted my caffeine restriction. I've also been using the pressure points and using nipple stimulation. I get a bit crampy, but it's nothing time-table yet.
My next post will either be about we've scheduled the induction, or it'll be about how I had the baby on my own. Wish me luck!
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