41 weeks- induction!!

      I worked on Wednesday, while my co-workers scolded me and told me I should be at home resting!! After getting off work at 4:30p I stopped by Arby's for a yummy "last meal," got home, finished re-packing my hospital bag (had to re-do it in anticipation of a longer stay), and was in bed by 7:30p! The plan was to nap until 11:30p and head to the hospital. About 7:45p I was JUST getting into bed when my phone rang. It was the hospital telling me that "everyone was getting induced before the storm hit and they currently didn't have a bed for me." I was asked to call back at 11:30p to see if anything had changed and if they could take me. Thinking positively, I continued with my nap. I woke up right at 11:30p, called the hospital, and was given bad news. To "get some rest and I would be called when a bed opened." Needless to say I had a lot of trouble getting back to sleep. 

     Oh, and did I mention that there is a freakin' hurricane coming directly towards us?!

    

     Yep! Hurricane Matthew! The light rain has already started. My husband and I just wanted to be able to be in the hospital before the storm hits, because God knows we don't want to be driving 30 minutes in winds over 60 mph!

      I got a snack and ended up going back to sleep around 3:30am (hubby got to bed around 3am). Hoping for some good news tomorrow! Stay tuned! 

40.5 weeks- stress test

      

     At this point I'm certain that my doctor must be tired of seeing me every week!! Today I went in for my stress test. I didn't really know what to expect and I hadn't done my research on what exactly it was (shame on me!) so this appointment was more of a surprise for me. They brought me back to a room, had me sit in a comfy leather recliner, reclined it to prop my feet up, and fixed 2 circular censors to my belly. The censors were attached to a machine that kinda resembled a lie detector machine. It monitored the baby's heart rate, my contraction line, and there was also a button that the nurse put in my right hand that I needed to push whenever I felt her move. I sat and watched tv for the next 20 minutes, listening to Aurora's heartbeat and clicking the little button. You should hear every little movement she made, even ones that I couldn't feel! The best part was when I would talk to her, all movements would stop and you could just hear her steady heart pumping, as if she was listening to every word I was saying! So sweet!  

     I passed the stress test with flying colors; she has a strong heart, tons of movement, but my contraction line was pretty much completely flat. Dr checked my cervix again (still completely closed- surprise surprise!) and told me my induction was set for 1am Thursday morning!! I'm so ready to meet my daughter!! 

40 weeks- EDD

     40 weeks, and it is Aurora's Estimated Due Date... but still no Aurora... This is one of the most frustrating things ever!! To think and dwell on a date for 9 months, to anticipate a time when you'll be able to hold your child, and to watch that day come and go. In fact, her actual due date was pretty anticlimactic! I was off from work so I just sat and watched tv all day!

      My 40 week doctor appointment was the same stuff. Blood pressure great, baby's heartbeat great, cervix check. I held my breath and hoped for a least 1cm dilated so we could do the membrane sweep. I confessed to my doctor that I was DONE being pregnant, and the cervix check felt a lot longer and a bit deeper than previous checks had been (I think the doctor was really trying to find SOME kind of news to give me) but, alas, I was still completely closed. I could immediately feel tears starting to form but I held it together. The doctor then asked me if I wanted to go ahead and schedule to be induced or keep waiting (they would let me go to 42 weeks before inducing if I wanted). Which do you think I went with?! "Ummm...induction please! ASAP!" I was told it couldn't be until I was 41 weeks or later, so Dr set a nurse to schedule it on Thursday (exactly 41 weeks!) He also informed me that I would be given a stress test (for the baby) on Tuesday and the results of that test would determine what kind of induction drugs they start me on.

      Instead of crying when I got to the car I was a wave of emotions. Naturally I was still upset that I wasn't dilated and that Aurora wasn't in a hurry to meet me; but I was also extremely happy to have an actual date of when things would start happening. Now I KNEW that I would be in the hospital and that baby would be in my arms by the next weekend! It was a planners dream! 

     

     Also, look at these amazingly adorable pieces my friend made for the baby!! An Ewok outfit and a house-elf cap! These are the cutest!!