They checked my blood pressure and Kalia's heart rate, and everything looked good. The nurse then told me that the doc was going to check my cervix...WOO HOO!!! I was seriously so excited. Chris said I was beaming, and he wasn't sure how he felt about that :-), but I really wanted to know if I was making any 'progress'.
Well...BOOOOOOOOO... 0 cm dialated and 0% effaced. I gave the doctor a big sad face when he told me that, and he said it doesn't necessarily mean that she's coming late. After he said that he re-iterated his statement that he's been saying since the beginning "most first time Mom's go an average of 5 days late." Chris asked him what his standard deviation was on that one, and after he laughed, he said he had no idea, and wasn't willing to answer that question. Gotta love being the doc for two Engineers!
He told me the only reason he checks my cervix at this point is because a lot of women want to be induced by 39 weeks, which is something he'd entertain doing if I was progressing. But since I'm not, he said that if he induced labor with 0 progress on my own, there's a high probability that I'd wind up needing a c-section. I told him I'd wait for Kalia to decide it was her time to come into the world.
If she takes after her Daddy, she'll be here within the next week. If she takes after her Mommy, she'll be here the week after, completely scatter brained.
If I haven't gone on my own by next weeks appointment, Kalia's due date, he'll discuss scheduling an induction for later on in the week. He said if I make it to 41 weeks without her coming out, and am still not progressing at all, the benefits of induction decreases significantly because of the likelihood that I'll put myself through lots of hours of labor only to have to wind up the c-section route anyways. After 41 weeks, he says she'll be too big to deliver naturally.
She's slowed down some in her growth though. For the first time in a looong time, I measured perfect at 39 cm. I'd been measuring at least a week large since about month 5 I think.
I've been having menstral like cramps with my contractions, which he said is a really good sign. That just started happening Saturday night, so hopefully it continues!!
Now for the blimp pictures...
Seriously, I have no idea how it's possible for my belly button to stick out even further, but every week it pokes out more. Or my belly for that matter. I'm really gonna fall over forwards before too long.
And now for the "I can't believe I'm actually posting these" blimp belly photos...
Dear Kalia, I'm impatiently waiting...Love, your Mommy.
Yes, that's my foot tapping...come on already!!!
I'm starting to get a little bit of swelling in my face, hands, and feet. It's worse when I'm hot or after I've exercised. I nap a lot, toss and turn a lot, and eat a lot.
I'm keeping up with the 1 lb a week weight gain thing...so far, total love gained = 33 lbs. So.freaking.big!!!
T minus 6 days till her due date, and 13 days till she absolutely without a doubt will be here. I can do it!!!
OK...the picture of you facing forward...she looks like she's in a ball now. Your belly rounded more outward than it has been I think. Weird! Jason thinks it will be Friday ;-) I think it will be sometime this weekend if you're getting the cramping now with 0% effacing and dilation (I think it will take about a week to efface and dilate yourself). We'll see...here's hoping to before due date!
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