-4 (or 0) Days to Go!
Yes, that's right, the baby hasn't made her appearance yet! She's happily growing away...I get contractions at night, mostly, and yesterday the midwife checked and said that my cervix has thinned but there is no dilation yet.
I am fine with this for now. I know the baby will come when she's ready. I'm okay if it's next week or the week after, I just don't want to have the midwives give me any drugs to get it started. I looked up acupressure stuff to see what can be used to start labor up, and I think we'll try that if things don't progress soon. My next appointment is on Tuesday if the baby doesn't come before then. They will be doing an ultrasound to check on the level of amniotic fluid and they'll be doing what I think is called a nonstress test (or is it a stress test?) to see if the baby's heartbeat changes with movement.
For now, it's just time to hang on. I have been pretty successful this month at getting some meditation in on a daily basis, at least on the weekdays, and that has really helped. I will be attempting to go on walks every day as well, because that's supposed to help with getting labor started.
My sister edsnug calls me every day to check on me, since she's a second grade teacher and has to prepare the lessons ahead of time just in case a sub has to come in. She says that she tries to be as detailed as possible, since she's been a sub before. I admire her for that.
I went to my first official SLO County Mommies event today, and it was pretty fun. I had to drive to Pismo and I got there about 15 minutes early, so I went and got a coffee and walked down to the beach to watch the surfers. I got to the event at pretty much exactly 10:30 and it looked like everyone had gotten there earlier. Now I know that I can get there early and it's no biggie. My friend L was there and I met many friendly mommies. Plus, I got to see a cute pinata breaking. It's fun when all the kids are so little. I think the oldest kid must have been pushing 5, but there were babies who were less than a month old on up. The event was a birthday party and the kid whose birthday it was turned 3 today. Very fun.
Who knows, maybe we'll be having our baby tonight! I'll report back with news whenever it happens...or maybe I'll be back with my weekly update next Thursday.
I am fine with this for now. I know the baby will come when she's ready. I'm okay if it's next week or the week after, I just don't want to have the midwives give me any drugs to get it started. I looked up acupressure stuff to see what can be used to start labor up, and I think we'll try that if things don't progress soon. My next appointment is on Tuesday if the baby doesn't come before then. They will be doing an ultrasound to check on the level of amniotic fluid and they'll be doing what I think is called a nonstress test (or is it a stress test?) to see if the baby's heartbeat changes with movement.
For now, it's just time to hang on. I have been pretty successful this month at getting some meditation in on a daily basis, at least on the weekdays, and that has really helped. I will be attempting to go on walks every day as well, because that's supposed to help with getting labor started.
My sister edsnug calls me every day to check on me, since she's a second grade teacher and has to prepare the lessons ahead of time just in case a sub has to come in. She says that she tries to be as detailed as possible, since she's been a sub before. I admire her for that.
I went to my first official SLO County Mommies event today, and it was pretty fun. I had to drive to Pismo and I got there about 15 minutes early, so I went and got a coffee and walked down to the beach to watch the surfers. I got to the event at pretty much exactly 10:30 and it looked like everyone had gotten there earlier. Now I know that I can get there early and it's no biggie. My friend L was there and I met many friendly mommies. Plus, I got to see a cute pinata breaking. It's fun when all the kids are so little. I think the oldest kid must have been pushing 5, but there were babies who were less than a month old on up. The event was a birthday party and the kid whose birthday it was turned 3 today. Very fun.
Who knows, maybe we'll be having our baby tonight! I'll report back with news whenever it happens...or maybe I'll be back with my weekly update next Thursday.