Oh God..

So I'm definitely in labor, I just don't know if I should wait longer or go to the hospital. I'm trying to hold off because I really don't want to make David be up at 4am, nor do I want to deliver with the Dr. that is currently there. Although, in good news, she'll be gone in just a few hours. I started timing them at 2:15am, and now it's about every 2-5 minutes. I called the hospital and they said they normally tell you to wait 2 hours and see if it goes away or gets closer/more intense. It definitely has not gone away, and I'd say it's both getting closer and more intense, but don't want to be all those women that go in too early and get sent home again. Agh. I'm trying to hold off just 15 more mins to make it to the 2 hours before I wake up David and tell him let's go. 

New Experience...

So that was a little exciting. I just went and took a nice hot shower, and my breast was a little tender so I lightly squeezed it, and out came milk! So that's good news. It means that my body is in fact producing it like it should be, and is preparing for her arrival this week! :) 

Second Times A Go...

Today we went back in for our 39 week checkup. I am still only 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. Given the gestational diabetes, even though my numbers have been good, they do not want me to go past 40 weeks. So today, she re-stripped my membranes again to see if we can get this going on it's own. Should she not decide to come on her own, as of this coming Wednesday, Feb 1., I will be going in at 7am to be induced. My biggest fear about induction was that it increases your chances of C-Section, and I do NOT want a C-Section. However, because of my health and Sophia's health, my Dr. believes that I am not at any real risk for C-Section, and that since my body is taking it's own initiative, albeit a little slow, that the pitocin should work rather quickly, rather than slowing my labor. If when I come in, if I am dilated to 4 cms, then she will try to break my water first and see if we can do it without the use of meds. We'd tried to schedule it for Monday, Jan. 30th, but both of the spots were already taken. However, should either of those women go into labor beforehand, they will call me and I will go in Monday morning at 7am for induction. I am just praying at this point now that she doesn't come this weekend, because the one Dr. that I don't like is the one that will be on call. So fingers are crossed that it's Monday, but Wednesday works too. :) So either way, we will officially be inviting our brand new daughter into the world within a week's time!

No Pretty Packages Yet...

So it's Tuesday afternoon and Sophia has not come to join us yet. In a half hour I head off for another NST. If she decides not to come in the next few days, then I have another Dr.'s appointment on Thursday and another NST on Friday. We are officially 39 weeks today, and I'm both anxious, and nervous, and excited and frustrated. I hate the wait, but really do not want induction or c-section. I wish our Dr.'s appointment was today instead of Thursday so I could see what, if any, progress has been made. Unfortunately the NST doesn't really show me much more than that her heart is doing well. 

David is almost completely done with the crib now, and it looks fantastic! I can't wait until he's got it finished entirely and gets it's put together for me. I'm so excited and can't wait to get her bedding put up in there. And after today, her name board that I made will be finished as well. :) My bag is completely packed, minus the few last minute things like my laptop and whatnot that won't go in until the end. David hasn't done his yet, and Sophia's is all packed. So that's good. And Sunday I baked a bunch of goodies (blueberry and strawberry muffins, oatmeal raisin cookies, and Renee made some snickerdoodles) for the nursing staff, should Sophia decide to come in the next few days. If not, I guess the family will eat them, and we'll make more later. We still haven't gotten any pictures taken yet, but plan to do that tomorrow morning. Other than that, I think we're pretty much done and ready to go. 

Any Day Now..

So yesterday (Wednesday) we went in to see the Dr. for our 38 week update. He said that I was one finger dilated and 60% effaced. He also went ahead and scraped my membrane to help jumpstart labor. I had minor spotting and have definitely had a bunch of contractions so far, but none that have been painful. Later that afternoon we went back for an ultrasound to try to get an estimated weight of Sophia and check on the aging of the placenta to see if we'd need a C-section or not. Luckily she is ~7.13 lbs plus or minus a lb. So we are planning to move ahead as normal, but it does mean that she could now very well show up any day now, although I'm hoping she holds off until Monday afternoon. I spent the past two days running from store to store to get the last minute items just in case. And on a side note, I lost my mucus plug today so it's definitely getting closer and my body has started preparing.

37 Week Update:

So I am officially 37 weeks! 

I haven't updated this in forever and I'm sorry for that. Things had been a little rough recently. Between the gestational diabetes, getting sick at Christmas because of my niece, and having my house torn apart because of rotten pipes, I haven't had much sleep or energy. Two weeks ago I went in for my Group B Strep test, which came back negative, which is good, and at the time was told I was completely closed up. This past week I went back and was told by a different Dr. in the practice that she is concerned about my weight gain, because I've been 140 lbs +/- 1 lb. since the beginning of October. So I met with my Diabetes nurse again and she told me not to worry, that my numbers are good, and not to stress. Then they sent me for my first NST, which went well, and was actually really neat. Starting next week, I will be going back for NST's on Tuesdays and Fridays until Sophia arrives. I'm also meeting with the OB again on Wednesday and hopefully getting another ultrasound done to try and get an estimated weight for her, and check on how the placenta is aging. 

As far as symptoms go, my nausea went away again, and as of these past few weeks, I've been feeling pretty gassy, excessively tired, crampy feeling in my lower parts, tight in my upper parts, and lots and lots of pressure, and needing to pee constantly. She is definitely running out of room, and I feel like the Braxton Hicks contractions are starting to get closer and stronger the past two days. That has me both excited and anxious. I wrote out the list for my hospital bag, and picked up a few more things that I needed for it yesterday. The plan is to get that completely packed by the end of tomorrow. David has been working on her crib and has come a long way. I picked up a dresser for cheap at the SPCA, and have been refurbishing it. It should be done and ready here for use by the end of next week. Renee and I set up her awesome swing yesterday, and we've got the car seat/stroller/high chair and glider all ready. The pack n' play is set up in our bedroom, and her closet it already all organized. I guess we're about as prepared as we'll get. It just feels like the time is FLYING by now. In just this next few short weeks, we will have a beautiful daughter! It's insane!