Well, here we are...37 weeks into the pregnancy meaning I am officially at term and Jillian could come any day or week. This is exciting and terrifying all at the same time. We are pretty much ready but at the same time it seems like there is so much we need to do our rather "should do" to be completely ready.
If one more person begins to tell me that I am "NESTING" I think I am going to go crazy. I am nowhere near nesting. I have not cleaned every room in my house, the laundry is not completely all done, the bathroom has not been scrubbed from top to bottom, my kitchen is in the same boat as the bathroom, I have not completely set up Jillian's stuff, I have not washed her items that need to be washed, and the office/guestroom has gone untouched for weeks and to be honest I have no desire or ambition to get in there and get it done. On top of all this, I don't even have a bag packed and ready to take to the hospital. I do believe that I can honestly say I am not nesting.
With all this said, my house is not trashed, I have always tried to keep my house presentable and I do this by doing a little bit everyday, my routine has not changed at all.
We went to the Doctor today for our 37 week check up and I am dilated to about a 2 and am 50% effaced. He was pretty impressed. He said when we go back next week (if we don't have her before then) we can talk about induction. I am not so sure I want to venture to that route. He said the earliest he could do it would be the 7th, 8th, or 9th of July and I said there was no way we would do it then because of all the family coming into town for a family reunion. If we did induce we would have to wait until Monday the 12th which is just 2 days before the due date. I just assume to let nature run its course and let Jillian get here when she is good and ready. I asked today about how big he thought she was and he said that she is probably coming up on 7 lbs. I can totally handle that. Garon was 9 lbs 8 oz when he was born and I was 9 lbs 6 oz. If I can get her to be 8 or less I will be ecstatic.
We will be sure to keep you all posted and let you know what is going on. For now, we are just waiting and taking it easy.
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I chose to be induced 4 days before my due date. The night before, my induction I actually started having contractions on my own. When I went to the hospital the next morning they went ahead and gave me the medicine to induce which then made my contractions too strong. I wish I wouldn't have chosen to let them still give me the induction medicine. They had to take me off of it. The really bad thing I didnt like about it was how the contractions got VERY strong all of a sudden. With my next labor, I am not going to be induced. I would much rather let nature take its course.
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