According to the midwife on Friday, I was 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced, so making some progress. However, it is Sunday and I am not in labor. I did lose my mucus plug yesterday (sorry – TMI…) and the contractions that have been happening for the last week-plus continue, but nothing big is happening. Next appointment is Tuesday. If he is still doing okay in there, they’ll send me on my merry way again and induce on Friday (at 42w exactly). We made the decision to wait until the last day possible to give my body the best chance of going into labor on its own, but with Mike leaving the following Tuesday for Switzerland for 10 days I am not too excited about that plan… But I know it is the right decision. It also gives me three more very long days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) to fill on my own.
The last couple days have been much easier because Mike has been home, so I have some company and something to do, despite the fact that our cable TV and internet has been out at home since Thursday. GREAT timing Comcast – thanks for that. Fortunately it is a long weekend, so I get to have him home again tomorrow, though his parents might be coming in for dinner. I like his parents fine, but don’t really feel like spending another weekend day with them. I feel like we have seen a lot of them lately and I will probably be seeing a LOT of them in the next few weeks after the baby arrives. His mom has been pretty good about not hovering (unlike my mother who calls every other day and infuriatingly predicted that the baby will arrive this weekend – I am not sure why that bothered me so much, but it made me really angry), but does feel the need to pass on all of her friends’ advice about how to get labor going. I have just about had it with the advice and the “trust him, he will come out when he is ready” that I am getting from everyone. Yes, I know. Thanks. That doesn’t make it any easier to wait and wait when Mike is leaving on the 2nd and I am going to be left with just my mom to help me in my first few days of being a mother myself. Between that and my increasingly painful hemeroids (still don’t know if I am spelling that right) I am READY for this to be done. You would think that after waiting more than 2 1/2 years it wouldn’t be so bad to wait a few more days. But, good lord, I am tired of waiting! I have to keep a good attitude though – this is a much better problem to have than we had at this time last year, and a much better problem than we could have had if this round of IVF hadn’t worked…
Whoa! Your blog entry sounds just like it was written by my girlfriend. We are expecting our baby on June 27th. Good luck with your pregnancy. BTW It’s spelled Hemorrhoids.