Light at the End of the Tunnel
OK, this is the final countdown!
I had an OB appointment today, and she is concerned about how big I'm getting and that my blood sugar levels are creeping higher. So I have been officially scheduled to be induced on Friday. Unless the little one decides to jump the gun and come in the next two days, it looks like the big day will be the 9th.
I've never been induced before, so I was a little bit shocked when she handed me my appointment. The hospital wants me to check in at 3 am!!! Well! That should be interesting. The nice thing is that I can plan ahead of time to have my mom spend the night on Thursday with the kids, rather than waking her up in the middle of the night. Terence is planning to work on Thursday before taking me in-- I wonder if he will get any sleep at all? Or maybe he will be dozing off by the time I'm pushing the baby out?
I had high hopes to deliver this baby naturally, like I had B, but the odds are kind of against it. I'm still finding it hard to breathe because of the cold, and as I understand, sometimes induced labors are high on the pain scale. Oh well. As long as the baby is healthy and I survive, that's all that matters.
I had an OB appointment today, and she is concerned about how big I'm getting and that my blood sugar levels are creeping higher. So I have been officially scheduled to be induced on Friday. Unless the little one decides to jump the gun and come in the next two days, it looks like the big day will be the 9th.
I've never been induced before, so I was a little bit shocked when she handed me my appointment. The hospital wants me to check in at 3 am!!! Well! That should be interesting. The nice thing is that I can plan ahead of time to have my mom spend the night on Thursday with the kids, rather than waking her up in the middle of the night. Terence is planning to work on Thursday before taking me in-- I wonder if he will get any sleep at all? Or maybe he will be dozing off by the time I'm pushing the baby out?
I had high hopes to deliver this baby naturally, like I had B, but the odds are kind of against it. I'm still finding it hard to breathe because of the cold, and as I understand, sometimes induced labors are high on the pain scale. Oh well. As long as the baby is healthy and I survive, that's all that matters.
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Man, on the one hand, Heidi, I am very happy for you for the Friday thing. On the other, the induction makes me feel for you. I've been induced both times, both times I had back labor, and both times the epidural didn't work (1st one didn't work until RIGHT before I started to push and the 2nd didn't work at all because his face was pressing against my spine so much the meds couldn't get through). And yes, you'll definitely want drugs if you're being induced. Holy crap you'll want them. Sweetsmilz has it right--those contractions have no natural buildup at all. They are absolute hell once they really get going. And then they only turn the pitocin up even higher. It sucks. I feel for you. Good luck.