Let's see.... at 10 weeks I went to a perinatologist and was labeled "high risk" for preterm labor. We monitored my cervix every two weeks for months... until we got to the point that baby had a decent survival rate if he had come early.
Now... at 39 w 4 d... just 3 days before my due date... we have an induction on the schedule should he decide to come late. I could only laugh.
I'm convinced, even moreso after this doctor visit, that things will go one of two ways with my cervix. It's either never going to dilate or change on its own, leaving me with a c-section... or it's going to go really, really fast. I'd prefer the fast option... as I really, REALLY don't want a c/s.
Dr visit today showed no change in my cervix. She seems to think I'll still go sometime this week and we won't need the induction... but wanted to get it on the books, just in case. And, we scheduled 2 NSTs for next week to keep a close eye on things and make sure baby is still doing okay on the inside..... a place he evidently likes a lot. Induction is scheduled for evening of the 13th... which means a likely birthday of the 14th.
Don't really want the induction option, either. Will take any prayers and labor vibes you care to send this way that this little boy decides to pick a date of his own... not wait for the doctor to evict him.
About Me
- Kitkat
- The hubby and I were married in April 2004 and share our home with our furbaby (dog), Pepper, a fish named Donny and a snake named Ralph. We began trying right away to have a baby and got pregnant on our honeymoon. Sadly, we faced a miscarriage a couple months later. November 2004 we started Clomid. In January 2005, looking back at all we've already been through on this journey, I decided to start journaling our road to a baby... which is now here for all to view.
2 comments:
Good luck!! I also wanted to mention as long as he is passing NSTs with flying colors I don't even know that you'd have to submit to an induction if you really don't want to. Although likely by then you may be ready. :) I think it is generally thought to be safe to go 2 weeks overdue - though not fun! (My first was evicted 8 days late, too! It was irritating to look toward "that day" for the whole pregnancy only to have it come and go with no action!!)
Also, I still don't get why they thought you'd be high risk for preterm labor. I guess I never understood that. I mean, I had never seen such long cervix measurements as yours. Of course I didn't say it at the time, because one can never know, but I was thinking after all the ado you'd probably end up full term at least. :) It often seems to go that way. Nothing in this pregnancy biz is ever predictable!!
God bless.
Hang in there Kat! I'll send prayers your way to get him moving! :-)
Janine (June 04 Angels)
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