We're really getting down to the wire here! I can now tell people that I am due NEXT WEEK. And that is a bit frightening. Even more so is the fact that she could come at ANY TIME NOW!
Papa Bean has bet me $1 that I'll go into labor on Friday when my parents are flying from Hawaii to Washington, D.C., and that he'll have to call them at the airport and tell them to come straight to the hospital. Surprisingly enough, my mom already thought of that possibility and printed out Mapquest directions from the airport to the hospital! LOL. So... We are ready for anything!
Today was my Week 39 doctor's appointment. I am 1 cm dilated and 25% effaced, which is the SAME as I was last week, so there's been NO CHANGE.
Baby Lima Bean is still head down and I think she may have dropped. On Saturday, I felt a strong pushing on my pelvis and could barely walk. I thought I just had to go to the bathroom, but that feeling has come back several times... So maybe that means she's in position?
I still haven't had any Braxton Hicks contractions though... Unless I've had them and not realized that I as having them? Is it possible that I'll miss the onset of labor completely?
We have put in for an induction on Sept. 8th, 9th or 10th, which would be about a week past my due date. Back-up date would be Sept. 14, which would be 12 days past due.
However, our induction probably will NOT be the 9th because apparently everyone wants their babies born on 9/9/09 and so the doctor on call that day already has 2 c-sections and 2 inductions scheduled. Boo! We wanted her born on her great grandmother's birthday! She'll have to make it happen on her own if she wants that day then.
In other news, I am up 34 pounds total since our first appointment. And our crib should be delivered this afternoon! Yay!
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