I had an appointment yesterday, the day started off interesting enough…with contractions, just the regular contractions I’ve been having. Anywho, I didn’t have the patience to deal with it at work, so I called in. Around 10:00 the contractions got really strong, my appointment was at 1, and I decided these were strong enough that I probably shouldn’t drive myself to the appointment, so I called my sister to see if she could take me, cuz she’s sometimes in the West Des Moines area around lunch time…luckily she was able to take me, I was still having contractions by the time we go to the doctor. I get examined, and I’ve progressed…not as much as I wanted to hear…but still it’s progress. I’m almost 2cm dialated and I’ve thinned out a lot more, not sure what that means exactly..I was 50% effaced and I’ve thinned more, she just didn’t specify an actual percentage. She also guessed that he is 8.5 pounds, to which my heart literally sunk and everyday that passes it scares me more, lol. Granted she could be off..but still, scary when you technically still have 2 weeks to go before they’d induce labor. She said the contractions I was having could be on to something and suggested I do some walking and asked what the pain was on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the most pain I’ve ever been in, I said a 3-4..she said once they’re a 6-7 and 10 min apart, get to the hospital. Of course, once you anticipate labor to approach, contractions basically stop…that’s just how it works. My sister and I went to the mall walked for an hour or 2, I was still having contractions, but they seemed to die down once we stopped walking. Then later in the evening I had dinner with my in-laws to celebrate my b’day..I was having contractions but they were more on a 2-3 pain level…I was pretty sure labor was far in site again, so I went to bed around 11. At 1:50 in the AM I wake up to another level 3ish contraction, rude awakening I’d say! I continued to have 2 more within the half hour and it made me restless, so around 2:20 I get up and start walking laps in our living room. From 2-4 I was wide awake, around 4 I finally dozed off on the couch in the living room, from 4-6 I woke up off and on between contractions…basically I didn’t get any sleep. I called into work again today, they were about 7 min. apart when I woke up, but still not strong enough. I was getting very very frustrated and on the verge of a breakdown, I called the doctor to see what I should do…for some reason hoping he’d give me the magical answer of “get to the hospital we’ll just induce you” knowing that was unlikely and really not the best solution. Needless to say the doctor was a total jerk, he said get to the hospital and I said that I wasn’t sure they were strong enough and I didn’t want to get sent home, he said “I can’t tell you what your cervix is doing over the phone” real nice, I’m thinking. Well of course I get off the phone, anticipate the contractions to get stronger so we can go to the hospital…but nothing. I decide to take a bath and then the contractions basically went away completely. Since I already had the day off, I went to get a pedicure and then did some laps at the mall again.
I’m still here, still pregnant. Contractions are back to a pain level of 1-2. Labor doesn’t seem to be close in site…but maybe I’ll get what I wished and that is to NOT have the baby on my b’day, lol. So now I’m hoping for Sunday or Monday. Either way I have until Wed (my due date) when I’ll have my next appointment, and inducement may be discussed and definitely considered in fear of having a 10 pound baby.
