I am 40 weeks and 2 days pregnant. This waiting is driving me crazy, I am so anxious to meet this little person!
I had an appointment today with the midwife. After I explained to her that my husband is deploying soon, very soon, and I would really like for him to see this baby and spend at least a little time with her and that I’m overdue and miserable, she suggested that we check my cervix. I was hoping that things were progressing along with all the walking I’ve done since Saturday. I was dilated to a whopping 1 1/2 centimeters. Wow! Talk about disappointed. Then she suggested that we strip my membranes, again. I probably sounded stupid, but I had to ask if they grew back. Nope, but apparently the more you strip them, the better it works. Well, yes, I would assume that eventually it would have to work. I declined the offer hoping that she would just decide to induce me. She told me that she’d have to look at a calendar, but we could do it Monday since the labor and delivery unit didn’t like to schedule inductions on Friday. Ok, today is Wednesday and tomorrow is Thursday. My midwife then admitted that she didn’t know what day it was and she needed to look for a calendar to see when it would be best to schedule it. Apparently we don’t want to rush things and I’m not yet 41 weeks. My blood pressure was excellent when they took my vitals, by this time I’m sure it was elevated. Then she orders a fetal NST and on the way to the NST room she looks at me and asks if I’ve had them done before, yes I answer, and then she says, “So if the NST provider isn’t in you can hook yourself up to the monitor?” What?? Are you kidding?? No, I can’t hook myself up to the monitor, hello, you’re the midwife don’t you have training in this area?? Now, once I’m hooked up and the strip is printing I can read it for you if you need help with that. Thankfully the NST lady showed up. After a few minutes she returns and zaps me with a black wand that is supposed to stimulate the baby’s auditory system and wake them up. I guess Little Missy didn’t like being zapped or the threat of being zapped again if there wasn’t some movement or changes in her heart rate, because a couple of minutes later she was all over the place. Then the midwife came back and told me she had scheduled my induction for Friday. Ok, ten minutes ago they didn’t schedule them for Friday. Who cares, at least I’m on the books! I’m supposed to call L and D Friday morning and see if they have a bed available. If they don’t they will either call me when they have one or schedule me for another day.
I’m hopeful that this happens naturally between now and Friday. I’ve been super crampy all day, maybe that’s a good thing!
On a lighter note, Monkey has proven that she is more technologically advanced than her mama. At 3, she has figured out how to turn on, unlock, and operate my iPhone. She especially likes using the camera and she took a beautiful picture of the toilet and then changed the background on my phone to that photo. Beautiful!
