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Just an update so someday I can look back on this and laugh.
Ha.
I'm still pregnant. Granted, I'm only 3 days past my due date, and most first pregnancies go ten days or so over the due date. I don't know why I expected something to happen by now. Maybe I just expected something to feel like it was ABOUT TO happen by now, but I really don't feel that either.
The midwife wanted to do a NST at our appointment yesterday just because it's policy when a woman goes over her due date, even if nothing looks wrong. We declined the NST and she was fine with it, was expecting it really, knowing me. I'm just not inclined to go looking for problems in the absence of other symptoms with a test that has such a high false positive rate only two days after my due date. It doesn't make sense to treat a low-risk pregnancy as a disaster waiting to happen. If you spend enough time dicking around with things that don't need to be dicked with, you will CREATE the disaster.
Our compromise is that if I am still pregnant next week on Wednesday, we will do a BPP at that time just to check on Sproutypants. She would also like to sweep membranes at that time, but I'm not sure I'll agree to it.
Meanwhile, I'm setting up an acupuncture appointment for Monday. Never been before so not sure what to expect, but I'd rather start with some less invasive methods of trying to get things moving before we progress to playing with my cervix. I'll be 41w 1d if I'm still pregnant at that time, so it'll be good timing if she's ready. And if she's not ready, it just won't work... no harm done.
The MIL called on my due date (from her vacation god knows where) to see if we "had that baby yet". Like she thinks no one's gonna call her when it happens. And then yesterday, one of Sheila's co-workers called to see if we "had that baby yet" and to find out when she can come over and meet her. Um, can we meet her first, please?
Ha.
I'm still pregnant. Granted, I'm only 3 days past my due date, and most first pregnancies go ten days or so over the due date. I don't know why I expected something to happen by now. Maybe I just expected something to feel like it was ABOUT TO happen by now, but I really don't feel that either.
The midwife wanted to do a NST at our appointment yesterday just because it's policy when a woman goes over her due date, even if nothing looks wrong. We declined the NST and she was fine with it, was expecting it really, knowing me. I'm just not inclined to go looking for problems in the absence of other symptoms with a test that has such a high false positive rate only two days after my due date. It doesn't make sense to treat a low-risk pregnancy as a disaster waiting to happen. If you spend enough time dicking around with things that don't need to be dicked with, you will CREATE the disaster.
Our compromise is that if I am still pregnant next week on Wednesday, we will do a BPP at that time just to check on Sproutypants. She would also like to sweep membranes at that time, but I'm not sure I'll agree to it.
Meanwhile, I'm setting up an acupuncture appointment for Monday. Never been before so not sure what to expect, but I'd rather start with some less invasive methods of trying to get things moving before we progress to playing with my cervix. I'll be 41w 1d if I'm still pregnant at that time, so it'll be good timing if she's ready. And if she's not ready, it just won't work... no harm done.
The MIL called on my due date (from her vacation god knows where) to see if we "had that baby yet". Like she thinks no one's gonna call her when it happens. And then yesterday, one of Sheila's co-workers called to see if we "had that baby yet" and to find out when she can come over and meet her. Um, can we meet her first, please?