i had my 41 week appointment yesterday and it was pretty bittersweet. i still have yet to dilate to even 1 cm, so it looks like an induction is imminent. the doctor again was unable to even do a sweep so i'm going in for a cervidil induction first on thursday. i have to give the hospital a call to ensure they can fit me in on thursday. i guess how it works is i go in, they insert this little flap of medicated goodness up behind my cervix, i hang around for an hour or so to make sure baby is all good, and then they send me home. i'm sure hoping this does the trick on its own, but with the trend my body has made...i'm thinking it won't do it in which case i will be induced with pitocin hopefully on friday.
when i called the hospital to make sure i go home after getting the cervidil, the nurse made it sound like they attempt the cervidil more than once. well i sure hope she's wrong, because the doctor made it pretty clear that friday would be a pitocin/oxytocin induction. long story short, that means baby will be here by the weekend hopefully! normally i would just let my body take it's course and do it's thing, but because my dates were all messed up and we changed the due date to a date based soley on a ultrasound measurement i could be a little farther along than we think. either way...it's baby time!
my mom will be away in las vegas starting thursday night, along with one of my aunts and one of my uncles. i'm sure i'll have plenty of visitors while they're away...and baby martyn will still be here when they return. it's not like they're gone forever. i was absolutely ecstatic to hear my mother-in-law is coming home on thursday!!! she made it back for the birth of the baby. i couldn't be happier about that. she's actually coming with me (provided timing is ok) to get my cervidil induction at the hospital. her flight lands at 8:30am, so if it works out i'll have here there to hang out with me for a bit. either way, i'm sooo excited to have her home!
my waiting game just got a lot shorter :)
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