Someone's Finally Gonna Have A Birth Day!!!

It's official. Tomorrow morning at 6:30 I'm going in for an induction! If everything goes well, I'll be holding my baby boy at some point tomorrow!

I ended up being at my doctor's appointment for almost 2 hours today. They did an ultrasound to make sure everything looked okay. They wanted to see him do certain things. Funny how even kids who haven't been born already have to pass tests in life. She said it could take up to 30 minutes, but he was a show off and did everything she needed to see in 10 minutes. I finally got to see his face again. I'm mean, nothing too clear, but most of the time his head is buried in my back. Today he looked right at me. He also waved his little pinky around. (I'm guessing he was trying to tell me that he knew he'd be on his way soon.)

Next I was given a non-stress test where they hooked me up to a monitor to see if I was having any contractions and to watch his movement and heart rate for about 20 minutes. That was amazingly relaxing. I got to see in a leather recliner and drink a cold bottle of water. That is WAY better than sitting on an exam table with a drape over you.

It was busy today since they're closed Thursday and Friday so I had to go back out to the waiting room and wait until an exam room opened up. Then I had to wait another 30 minutes or so for my doctor to come in. She checked me and I'm dilated almost to a 3 now and she could feel my bag of water bulging. I had pretty much assumed that I wouldn't be getting induced until next week. Then she said I could do it tomorrow if I wanted to! She said at this point a couple of days isn't going to make that much of a difference and the best part is that out of the 12 OB's who work at my office, she's the one on call tomorrow. She knew I was stressed about getting the Dr. I didn't like, so she had already looked ahead to make sure she wasn't on call this weekend.

She made it sound like she will break my water pretty early on, so hopefully that will help me fully dilate. Again with the TMI, but because Daniel dropped so early it didn't give my cervix a chance to move forward like it was supposed to, so until we can get contractions going and my water broken it's probably not going to move. She said once that starts, it'll naturally move forward. Thank goodness. I've been concerned about that thinking it would increase my risk of C-Section, but she promised me it doesn't. I'm still praying I don't need one. The national average for c-sections is just over 30% and she told me her average is just below 20%.

All that being said, my life turned into a whirlwind at 4:00 this afternoon. The phone calls started to let people know what was going on. Now my body is spazzing out with adrenaline. I think I've cried 3 times tonight already over stupid things. We got Wendy's for supper as our last night of just the 2 of us because we're classy like that. I showered and cleaned the bathroom. I need to make sure I have everything ready for the hospital soon.

I have butterflies and yet feel like I'm going to throw up. I'm trying to push my worries aside, but they're still there. All of the "What ifs", but I have to remember I can't control all of those things. I'm more excited than anything though. I know there will be moments of extreme pain like I have never felt before. I've been told there will be times that I will think that I can't do it. I have to be brave and push through it (literally too!), because in the end I will be holding my little Daniel in my arms.

Here come the tears again!

So...please be thinking of us and praying for all 3 of us tomorrow. Pray for strength for me. Patience for Jacob. And a good health report for Daniel. I'm also praying that my recovery goes well because it's another thing that scares me!

T-Minus 11 hours! Here's hoping for a good night of sleep because I'm going to need energy tomorrow!