Just got back from my 38 week checkup. Doctor appointments are weekly now, my next one is scheduled for 8/20 when I’ll be 39 weeks. They didn’t do much today, tested my urine, checked my blood pressure, listened to the baby’s heartbeat, meausured my uterus and checked my cervix. Urine was good, Blood pressure was normal, baby’s heartrate was good (140 bpm), uterus is on schedule and amount of fluid is normal. I’m still 1.5cm dialated and 50% effaced, so no progress since the last time I was checked. She immediately noticed how low he was and recognized that I was probably feeling a ton of pressure. She said once I go into labor she doesn’t think it will take to long for things to get going, which is good for me…but bad if we can’t get to the hospital right away…shouldn’t be too much of a problem the hospital is about 12 minutes from West Des Moines, which is where I spend all my time. I also asked if they induce labor and what point that is that they do, and she said that they won’t let me go past 41 weeks, which basically means we’ll have our baby before September 3rd. But she also mentioned, she doesn’t think I’ll make it that far because he’s so low, a few strong contractions and I’ll be good to go.
So now it’s still just the waiting game, my gut tells me there is at least another week…which I’m completely ok with as long as he’s not a HUGE baby! Judging by birth weight of Josh and I, I don’t think he’ll be quite 9 pounds even if he makes it to 40 weeks, I guess around 8 or 8.5 pounds if we go all the way to 40 weeks.
