39 Weeks!

By this time next week Annabelle will be here. I am getting induced at 8 pm Tuesday December 9th. The doctor is going to break my water Wednesday Morning (which happens to be my moms birthday). I had my ultrasound on Tuesday morning and baby measured at 40 weeks 4 days. She was in the 97th percentile in size, meaning only 3% of babies that age (gestation) are bigger than her. Also according to the ultrasound her weight is 9 lbs 9 ounces. Neither me nor the doctor think that she is 40 weeks 4 days. It isn't really possible, she is just a big baby with some hair!!! (we could see squiggly things on the back of her head). The doctor said she would probably be atleast 9 lbs though, but there is really no way to tell. I had dilated to 3 centimeters which is good progress. We both kind of thought that we would be headed straight to the hospital after my doctors appointment and that was before the ultrasound. We had planned on taking our suitcases but decided to leave them. We had driven seperately so after the ultrasound Jason hoped they would atleast give us time to take one car home and bring back our stuff before they admitted me.

Turns out that the doctor wanted the baby to stay in one more week so that we could be sure her lungs would be fully developed as I was really just 38 weeks. She did not feel comfortable (and neither did I) inducing me before 39. Since I am being induced I do run a higher risk of a c-section BUT since I have been dilating pretty well on my own that reduces the risk. I have about an 8 hour window on Wednesday after my water has broken that I have to deliver her or have a c-section. I believe the doctor is hoping I go into labor on my own which is what everyone is hoping for and that I will not be induced. It is a little weird knowing that I have "reservations" already for my "natural" birth. I just thought you scheduled your c-sections. No one thinks I am going to make it until Tuesday so we will see. I have been having pretty good contractions for over a week now and each time I think that they are about to get steady and consistant they just stop. I am still not miserable just extremely uncomfortable but mainly only at night. Jason is always after me to put my feet up on top of the couch but that is very hard for me to do. He does not understand that there is a seperate person with her own skeletal system in my body that pokes me and hurts me when I try and do certain things.

I have another appointment on Monday to see how much more progress I have made. I expect to be atleast 4 cms since I have gained one cm each visit.

Tuesday night will be strange, we will have to put Kate in her kennel at about 7:30 and she will sleep the entire night. Someone will have to let her out at about 7 Wednesday morning, I am doubting anyone will be wanting to leave the hospital to do that though. I know she should be the least of my concerns at that time but I do not want to disrupt her routine or make her worry. She gets worried when things are different. Jason has been putting up a box to the hallway so that she can only walk in the living room and the kitchen. The first night he did it he left her by herself and she got this look on her face like she thought something was wrong. Now she is okay with it though. If you give her a bone she will lay in the floor and chew it for hours! I don't know why we didn't start giving her those a lot sooner lol. My cats are very independant and will take care of themselves - I don't have to worry about them. The hospital is only 5 mins away from my house though so they can get checked on at anytime.