The next time I blog I'll be telling my birth story! Only 5 more days until my induction, 4 and a half technically since it is 4pm right now! I had my last prenatal appointment yesterday. Everything went well, no weight gain this past week, BP was 110/60, and my urine looked good. The doctor measured my stomach and did 1 final ultrasound. Henry is still head down (exactly where we want him to be). I also had another cervical check and made some progress. Instead of being soft and closed I am now 1 cm dilated! The doctor said that is good progress. I hope to make a little more progress before my induction. If I stay at 1cm then they'll have to ripen my cervix with cytotec before they start pitocin. But if my cervix dilates just a little more we can start with the pitocin which would be wonderful. The cytotec stays in for 4 hours before they start pitocin. Being able to go right to the pitocin would speed things up a bit! I've been walking, exercising, and using my wii fit and hoping that will encourage the baby to drop a little and cause my cervix to dilate more. But I guess I'll have to wait until Tuesday to find out if my efforts are paying off. The good news is that my cervix is soft and 1 cm which means my body is getting ready for labor. That alone puts me in a better place for induction of labor. And since I've already had a successful labor and delivery already that increases my chances even more of responding well to the pitcon.
My mom will come over Tuesday morning to be with Wyatt so Matt and I can be to the hospital by 7:30am. Then depending on my progress and how things are going Wyatt may or may not go with Matt's mother in the afternoon. If we have the baby before 4pm then Matt will pick Wyatt up and bring him to the hospital with us. I really hope I don't go into the evening hours but we'll see. I am 99% ready for this baby. There are just a couple things I'd like to do around the house before Tuesday.
Mentally I am as ready as I'll ever be. I can't wait to meet my baby boy and see what he looks like!!
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