Eviction Notice

Went in for my weekly check this past Friday & I am happy to report me & Baby T are doing good. Baby T passed his sono with flying colors & appears to be in no distress. My BP has been holding steady in the 130's/80's, there was no protein in my 24 hour urine collection, my labs all came back within normal limits & I have minimal swelling. 

So no signs of pre-eclampsia...just pregnancy-induced hypertension. When I exert myself or do too much my pressure goes up but comes right back down with rest so it has been manageable. I have been taking it pretty easy this past week & Shane has been super helpful around the house with getting stuff done for me.

At this appointment we also discussed with my OB our birth plan & what we would like to see happen. Then she burst my little bubble as she explained to us what she would prefer to happen. As you can guess we all weren't exactly on the same page.

I had these lovely visions of working all the way up until my water broke on it's own & then having this smooth, flawless natural delivery. My OB pretty much jolted me back to reality pretty quick when she said how she doesn't want me going past 40 weeks due to my age, being hypertensive, high risk with a known clotting factor, etc & then she threw the "I" word at us.....induction :(

Ugh - I SO didn't want to hear that. My little dreams of everything going naturally were crushed. However, after she explained to us that the potential risks of waiting for labor to start on it's own are far higher than the risks of the procedures used to get my labor going so I guess it didn't sound so bad. In the end, she is only looking after me & Baby T's well-being. I would hate for something detrimental to happen to me or Baby T just because I was being selfish & wanted this "perfect" natural birth to happen so we eventually agreed & were all on the same page once again.

So with that said, Baby T has officially been given his "eviction notice":

I am to be admitted the evening of Sunday, Jan 27th where they will check my cervix & see if I have thinned out or started to dilate. If things aren't progressing, then they will apply medication to the cervix overnight to try to get things going on their own. If my cervix IS ready to go & I have started to dilate a few centimeters, then they will break my water & hope labor starts on it's own. If it doesn't start on it's own then they will start Pitocin & hope things happen from there. Regardless of which route is taken, Baby T will be making his entrance into the world on either Jan 28th or 29th.

Which if anyone is doing the math that is only 8 days away. Wait......what??

8 days??? There's that denial thing again.

I can hardly believe that in 1 week we will be meeting our little miracle. Feels more like a dream than reality right now. I guess whether we are ready or not he will be here - in eight. short. days.

Looks like I need to finish packing my hospital bag :)