Anticipation

I just got back from the baby doctor! Im writing this blog earlier than usual because I will be at work tonight until 10 and will want to come straight home and snooze.

Sooo here's a recap on my day: Another morning/afternoon spent thinking I was going into labor due to excessive back-aches, extreme contractions etc etc. Ive pretty much just been waiting around watching the clock counting contractions and waiting for a gush of fluid to indicate my water has broken lol.
Today I woke up and felt 'flu-ish' which I hear is a good sign that labor is around the corner, and since Im 39 weeks and 2 days preggo its pretty fair for me to feel that way :D
I got phone calls from all over the country checking in to see if I had popped yet (if you haven't seen recent pics of my belly this is a literal and figurative term! IM
HUGE!) But I had to rush off the phone multiple times to get ready for the dr. I went to drop off Kev's check at Giant Eagle...yes the ONLY place our bank is located is INSIDE Giant Eagle's here...and since my father is the president of Dillons (a sector of Kroger) and I grew up on Kroger, shopping at Giant Eagle sucks sucks sucks. I somehow made it through the crowds of superbowl party planners and the crazy beyond crazy traffic to my dr's office.

I really dont mind going to the dr's office, but when you are pregnant and you have to go one a month, then once every 3 weeks then once every 2 weeks then once every week and you get the same ol same ol 'yeah your the same...no progress' or 'yeah...most first time mothers go late by a week or so' you get kinda sick of it. I have a really awesome dr. but poor thing repeats herself like a broken record and often forgets what she has told me the week prior. I always end up sweating like a pig in her office too-which i dont quite mind bc its better then freezing to death like other office's I've been to.

Well, for those who haven't been following my progress on Facebook- I haven't made any HUGE strides of progress since 36 weeks. I have been 50% effaced and zero dilation for 2 weeks and now for 2 weeks Ive been 60% effaced and 1cm dilated. This is somewhat disappointing bc it means my body is doing something, but that it isn't in any rush. Now, if I was Henry I wouldn't be in any rush either, but the doctor has told me that if I make it to my next week appointment (friday the 11th) he will be well over 8lbs. MAMMA IS IN A RUSH!!!!!!!! I need this kid outta me before he hits the damn 9lb'er mark. For reals, thanks for all the advice and sweet words ladies but lets see you push out a 9lb'er smiling and saying 'so glad i waited for him to come out naturally!'.

Im not a fan of being induced, Im not a fan of C-sections and I would continue to wait for him to come on his own but my father like I said runs a very big and very busy company and can only fly in from the 11th-14th. So I asked my doctor for the millionth time today if she would induce me next weekend and NOT make me wait until well after the 16th when he would be almost 2 weeks late and after checking my pelvis/cervix she said she felt comfortable inducing me next friday bc my cervix is in good shape to handle it. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My precious 8lb baby boy will be in my arms next weekend if not sooner. It still hasn't hit me yet, but Im working on it :D

So, if I have to be induced that sucks, and if I end up getting a C-section that sucks but that is life and Im sure I will handle it all just fine.

I will keep you all updated. Im no off to find something to eat before work and rest up before work as well. SO excited tomorrow is saturday!

TGIF people!!!!
LC <3