| Mar. 1, 2000
(38 weeks) - Still no progress, another ultrasound sccheduled |
March 9, 2000
(39 weeks) - Ultrasound results and doctor visit |
| Mar. 15, 2000
(39 weeks, 6 days) - Little progress, induction scheduled |
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Mar. 1, 2000 (38 weeks) - Well, had another doctor's appointment yesterday with the same response as last week - nothing going on down there, see you in another week! Ok, I'm getting used to that. Again, finding the heartbeat is a real challenge and the nurse practitioner who is doing my exam tries for a LONG time. She gets it for a little while, and it's very faint so she can't really determine the rate and then you can't hear it anymore. It was starting to get a little painful as she pushed a little harder each time, and towards the end you could tell the baby's heartrate was increasing as he/she tried to avoid the pushing from the outside. Finally, the nurse practitioner gave up. Anyway, I mentioned that my doctor had spoken about a 38 week ultrasound and she went ahead and gave me a referral to have that done. It's scheduled for Wednesday March 8th at 1pm. So, my 28th birthday will be filled with doctor's appointments. Sounds like fun.
Anyway, still not really feeling anything different, although sleep has gotten much worse. I wake up about once every 3 hours or so to take tums and use the bathroom. Sometimes I just can't believe it's only 2am!! It seems like I've been sleeping forever. I get a few sharp pains every now and then, but nothing that lasts or comes up in a wave or accross my back like contractions have been described. Last night I did decide to take some Red Raspberry Leaf tea. I had one cup and a little while later was just feeling terrible. I'm not sure if it was the tea or dinner, but after I finally got to sleep I was fine. Not sure if I'll attempt that again or not.
Well, tomorrow is my last day at work and I'm still finding it hard to believe. I was hoping I wouldn't be waiting for some kind of progress for 2 weeks, but now I'm just not so sure. I'll have to find some way to keep myself occupied since all of the baby stuff is pretty much done.
That's about it from here. I'll be posting from home from now on so hope I can keep up!
Mar. 9, 2000 (39 weeks) - We had an ultrasound yesterday and got to see what will probably be our last in-utero view of the baby. He/she is head down and is weighing in at about 7 pounds, plus or minus a pound. We had decided not to find out the sex at this point, but I had to ask if she could even tell if she wanted to and her response was that she wouldn't even fell comfortable taking a guess because she just couldn't get a clear shot. This baby is just so determined to keep us in suspense.
I also had another doctor visit, which was uneventful as usual. Nothing going on down there, everything is quiet and see you in a week. So, baby is still making movements and I just can't wait to meet him or her. We're getting a little anxious to meet the baby, but I'm still not uncomfortable to say that I'm ready to kick the little one out of his/her place right now.
Anyway, so we're still here, with about a week to go and hoping we'll meet the little one really soon!
Mar. 15, 2000 (39 weeks, 6 days) - Well, I was sure this past weekend was going to be "it", I was crampy and had a few tightening sensations but they never got worse, never progressed very high and here I am still keeping this little one safe inside. Last night Frank and I spent a lot of time talking to him/her and rubbing a lot, and we were getting a lot of reactions, especially when Frank did a "raspberry" on my belly which really startled the poor little baby.
So, doctor checked this morning and I'm about 50% effaced, have gotten a little shorter and since baby is continuing to get bigger she has no problem inducing. If the baby doesn't decide to come out on his/her own soon, I have a doctor appointment on Tuesday and if conditions are favorable she will induce or as I say "evict" the little one on Wednesday. So, no matter what I will be in the hospital by next week at the latest. I'm still hoping it won't come to that.
So, we are all ready to go. My next entry will probably be a birth story and will involve a change to the baby's new page with announcement!