Saw my doctor this morning. He is quite baffled as to why this baby is sitting so low, but I'm still pregnant. I too am baffled as to why I have had to live the last 3 weeks with this girl slowly sliding deeper into my pelvis. After checking me today, and finding that she is even lower, he decided that we may need to do something to help things along. So, as long as nothing happens between now and then (Ha!), next Monday morning I'm going to head into Labor and Delivery and he's going to break my water. He is quite confident that breaking my water will be enough to get my uterus on board with labor since the baby and my cervix seem just fine with the idea.
I am not a huge fan of (tentatively) knowing what day the baby will be born (like it's written in stone or something), but I am happy to see an end in sight. I do not want to be in a hurry, but I have been quite anxious the last few weeks since the other two kids were so early and since I keep progressing along. But here's the funny thing, I have spent the last three weeks wondering when I am ever going to go into labor and now I am afraid that I will go into labor before Monday. This is mostly because he said that once my labor starts it will most likely go fast. He told me that if contractions start that I shouldn't mess around and get right into the hospital. While I definitely don't want to have a baby at home or in the car, my biggest fear is that I won't have time to get my epidural. So now I am looking forward to a nice controlled labor and delivery. We're just never satisfied, are we? Mostly I am just so very excited to meet this girl and hold her. So if you think about it could you be praying for a peaceful week for me with very minimal anxiety as I await Monday morning? Thank you. I'll keep you all posted on what's happening between now and then.
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I'm so excited for this. You know as well as I that you will be in God's hands during this labor so to that I say relaaaaaax. Love you, Becky.
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