A few weeks ago, my wonderful mother-in-law, DeAnn, put together a baby shower for me. It was so much fun. I got to see friends and family that I haven't seen in a long time, there was amazing food, and we got a lot of adorable and useful baby things. The whole thing was fantastic. Have I mentioned yet how lucky I've gotten with my in-laws? :)
Today, I am technically 38 weeks and 4 days pregnant. The last few days have been awful. The past month has been pretty difficult, but the last few days especially. I have been miserable and nauseated and uncomfortable and cranky and Jeff has been so incredible and supportive through all of it.
Yesterday, we had our second weekly visit with Dr Judd. As we were finishing up, he asked us if we had thought about inducing early or if we wanted to wait and let mother nature take her course. Our first impression was wait it out. Why would we induce before the due date? To not be pregnant anymore, our blunt doctor responded. We thought about that for a minute.
Truth be told, we wouldn't have even considered inducing if this last weekend hadn't been so incredibly bad for both of us. We were tired and unhappy and just ready to be done with this pregnancy.
We did question the doctor thoroughly. Is there any danger to the baby or mother? What if my body just isn't ready to give birth? Is labor any harder with inducing? In the end, we decided to talk about it and call if we wanted to do it. By the time we got to the check out desk, we had made up our minds. We were ready to not be pregnant anymore.
So, in short... WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY ON THURSDAY!
I am getting induced a week before our due date, which is the earliest our doctor feels comfortable doing it. We'll show up at the hospital at 5am, the doctor will start the IV, and we'll see what happens. Since I haven't been mentally preparing myself for anything else, I will more than likely end up with an epidural as well. I can live with that. It is a technological advancement and I'll be happy to feel what labor is like and then not have to anymore (until next pregnancy) ;)
We are so excited (and a little stressed). There is so much to be done before Thursday. Jeff will be bringing a webcam to the hospital -not to be used until Michael is born- so keep an eye on the blog because he should be posting a lot!
Oh, and just kidding on the baby formula thing. I'm totally breastfeeding.
A few pictures:
Here is me with my big, big belly. I figured we needed at least one of these on the blog before I actually gave birth.
I broke my favorite pot lid yesterday. It's really depressing, but a little cool looking too. I think the fact that I didn't cry says a lot for how stable I was after finding out we're going to be "done" on Thursday.
This is the cute changing table I found on ksl. We got it for $40, so now we have a place to store baby clothes and diapers and whatnot. (One less thing for me to worry about.)
Oh! And a quick Hezekiah update for those who can't read my family's blog!:
Ki recently went through surgery to remove the metastasized cancer in his lungs. The surgeon told my dad after that it ended up being much simpler than he had expected.
The examination of the removed lesion showed that the cancer in Ki's lungs is all dead, so now they can move forward with the big tumor and Ki's liver. Ki is getting on the transplant list for a new liver, but it isn't positive that he'll be needing it yet. They might just be able to remove the tumor. Unfortunately, they won't know until they've got Ki on the operating table again so we have to have an available liver, just in case.
Ki hasn't been eating lately, but he has another blood transfusion today and hopefully he will feel better afterwards.
Ciao!
9 comments:
Totally had me with the formula feeding. I was like "okay, I'm kinda a tree-hugger, but not THAT much of a tree hugger to think I'm conservative in saying they need to breastfeed." Very funny. Thursday!
Whew, this is where I do everything in my power to bite my tongue and just be happy for you;). Actually, no this is something I just feel too strongly about. So here goes, please forgive me-
There are MANY risks to elective inductions- if you are interested, let me know (or just google "elective induction risks"), I've done a LOT of research and the statistics are very against elective induction (most notably because of fetal distress/lack of oxygen- to the point some hospitals won't even allow elective inductions because of the complications and the FDA "disallows" it for the drug Pitocin, not that it stops OBs from handing it out like candy). Unfortunately most OBs won't give tell you the risks because it's just become the status quo (just like the high c-section rate) and it keeps things in their control, even if it means the mom is up to FOUR times as likely to need an emergency c-section (which hey, saves the doctor time, and potential lawsuits, and helps them make TRIPLE the money). Well, apparently I suck at biting my tongue, but you can see I'm pretty passionate about this right now. I don't want to be pushy or in-your-face, but there is so much information out there about this and it is hard for me to see friends take unnecessary risks, though I totally commiserate about the end of pregnancy sucking and being eager to meet your baby. In the end, I won't judge your decision, a mommy knows best (and really I'll be thrilled for your new baby either way), but do at least consider the information out there about the risks, beyond what the OB tells you. My biggest regret about my birth is not letting Daniel bake a little longer, even if he was big and healthy, I really don't think either of us were fully ready.
However, if you do get the induction, get the epidural. That's not a natural level of pain to endure.
And whew thank heavens you were kidding about the breastfeeding thing. I was going to explode with all the info I want to give you:).
You're looking great! Hang in there, I know those last few weeks/days of pregnancy are miserable, but it's all so worth it in the end.
K, now I'm feeling sheepish about going all preachy on your blog again- looks like that's the second time in recent weeks I've done that. Me and my opinions:). Know it's done out of love, honestly. IF you want to ignore my first rant about epidurals and only stick with this one about inductions, I'd be fine with that;). Either way, good luck, I'm excited you'll have your baby soon (either days or weeks) by any count.
I'm so excited!! Thursday!!!
I was all ready to give you loving advice about breastfeeding! ha ha! Good luck with everything!
Ahhh I miss the days of having one kid and feeling like an expert. When I had one perfect child, I thought I knew everything. That sure has changed!
Congratulations Cyndi! Do what is best for you and your little family! We can't wait to meet Mike.
Can't wait to see your baby!
Let me know if you need me to do any of your chasing around. Even if you don't get everything done/bought - let me know. I'm happy to do that!
That was pretty funny what you did there with the breastfeeding. Congrats on being induced TOMORROW! Holy smokes- that's exciting! Can't wait to meet the little fella and good luck! And don't worry, you get to feel contractions a while before you get the epidural. :)
So excited for you guys! Here's where the fun really starts....Can't wait to see pictures of the happy parents and new babe.
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