Hi ladies!
Well...I'm still pregnant.
Only one more day till "edd". Woohoo.
I want to say thankyou SO MUCH to all of the mamas who have read and given me advice and encouragment. I can't tell you all how much it means!
DH and I had a good long talk this past weekend...and while he does not want me to birth at home (he's a scardey cat) he 100% promised me that nothing would happen to me in the hospital that I didn't want. He also said that he didn't even want me to THINK about having another c/s "just because it's past your dd" or an artificial induction. He said babies know when to be born, and if she wants to stay put a while longer, there is a reason for it. I Love My DH.
So at my OB appointment this past Thursday, I had my doc check me (she asked if I wanted to be, I said yes, I was curious!) and I was only 1cm dialated, and my cervix wasn't that far back, but it wasn't "good" either.
How do I go from 3 cms dialated at 30 weeks to 1cm at 39?
She also said if I hadn't "progressed" or delivered by then, then we need to start talking about a "game plan". (We all know what that is!)
So if I have not progressed by then and she wants to induce, what do I say? Can I just say that until the baby shows ____ signs of distress (Say that I'll do all of the NST's and BPP's she wants?) that I want to wait on inducing or scheduling a c/s?
And to all of the other women whose horrible doctors are putting you through this, I am so so sorry, I know exactly how it feels and it isn't a good feeling at all. It's really truly a shame that there are so many OB's out there that think this way.
Well...I'm still pregnant.
Only one more day till "edd". Woohoo.
I want to say thankyou SO MUCH to all of the mamas who have read and given me advice and encouragment. I can't tell you all how much it means!
DH and I had a good long talk this past weekend...and while he does not want me to birth at home (he's a scardey cat) he 100% promised me that nothing would happen to me in the hospital that I didn't want. He also said that he didn't even want me to THINK about having another c/s "just because it's past your dd" or an artificial induction. He said babies know when to be born, and if she wants to stay put a while longer, there is a reason for it. I Love My DH.
So at my OB appointment this past Thursday, I had my doc check me (she asked if I wanted to be, I said yes, I was curious!) and I was only 1cm dialated, and my cervix wasn't that far back, but it wasn't "good" either.
How do I go from 3 cms dialated at 30 weeks to 1cm at 39?
She also said if I hadn't "progressed" or delivered by then, then we need to start talking about a "game plan". (We all know what that is!)
So if I have not progressed by then and she wants to induce, what do I say? Can I just say that until the baby shows ____ signs of distress (Say that I'll do all of the NST's and BPP's she wants?) that I want to wait on inducing or scheduling a c/s?
And to all of the other women whose horrible doctors are putting you through this, I am so so sorry, I know exactly how it feels and it isn't a good feeling at all. It's really truly a shame that there are so many OB's out there that think this way.
