...all around.
*First off, it's August! Where did the summer go!? (It gets esp. muddled when you spend a month and half off your feet and/or in pain. sadface)
*Second off, we saw our doctor today and the news was not what we all hoped for (including my doctors!) First off, my doctor was like "I actually can't believe you're still pregnant!" Thanks, doc, me neither! I mean I know I'm not 40 weeks yet and many new moms go over 40 weeks, but then don't tell me at 32 weeks that you're baby is coming like now. Because 8 weeks, that is a long time to be sitting on pins and needles! I'm still sitting pretty (and uncomfortable) (and actually not pretty) at 3+cm. I mean, seriously, 3 PLUS. Grab the duck clamp and open that baby up a few more cm would ya! (My wonderful doctor did try to move things along with her fingers today, bouncing that water bag up and down. No such luck...yet.)
*Thirdly, we have a hit a weight problem. I am a ghastly 32 lbs. more than I was in November. Super sadface. Doc estimated the baby is somewhere in the mid 7lbs (based on measurements and such, not an actual scientific method) and if ya do that math, that is nowhere near 32 lbs.
*Fourthly, I had to take off my beautiful engagement ring today ... because it keeps cutting off circulation in my over puffed up fingers :( I'm starting to look like the Stay Puff Marshmallow (wo)Man! My feet keep swelling up to the point where it literally hurts to walk and I almost fall over and my little skinny fingers look like the turkey sausages that we ate for breakfast the other day.
Miserable.
The good news: We have scheduled an induction. If my water does not break (because God only knows 3-5 minute contractions and/or a contraction with a pain level of 7 does nada for my cervix!) by next week, I will be induced on Wednesday, Aug. 10th. I go into the office on Monday for an ultrasound and if they find a medical reason (low fluid) to induce on Monday they will, but crowded Northwestern doesn't have a bed for me until Wednesday for an "elective" induction. The good part about that senario is my actual doctor (who I love love) will get to do the induction and delivery on Wed (though she is also on call THIS wed. so come on water!) but ya know, 9 more nights of not being able to sleep and fighting the pain, not cool.
Soooo, since everyone did such an amazing job on the prayers stopping my pre-term labor, I would ask you again, to please change your prayers and pray for a water breakage, preferably this Wednesday morning! :)
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