D-day minus 6 (or so I thought)
So I went to see my obstetrician this morning. Nothing out of the ordinary there – as you know, it’s a once a week thing at this stage. Anyway, I had thought it was kinda strange last week that he commented I was ‘holding onto the baby’ – after all, I still had 2 weeks to go. But I didn’t dwell on it – I’ve got enough to think about what with wrapping up computer-work and preparing the house. Thank God there’s still at least another week till the due date!
Or so I thought.
First thing he says is that he’s going to do a sweep’n’stretch of my cervix (oh, what joy!) in order to stimulate labor. My first thought – roughly along the lines of WTF?! My second thought – pretty similar as he’d just answered my query as to why (given my due date is next week) with ‘no it’s not, you’re due tomorrow’.
You can say what you want about baby brain, but I’m pretty damn sure I didn’t imagine being told my due date as Nov 2! I don’t even have the car seat installed! (Okay, that’s just poor organization, I admit it). And I know, I know, the due date doesn’t really mean a whole lot, but still. It’s something to focus on. And I certainly hadn’t expected to have ‘labor stimulation’ mid-morning on my way into the gym! Anyway, it didn’t work, and now I have an induction scheduled for next Friday 
. Which I really really really want to avoid, due to the increased likelihood of drugs, cuts, and forceps.
Gonna have to get a natural induction plan together … and I better stop writing this and hit that gym now in case it’s the last chance I get for a while! Easy cable workout coming up …
Body plus baby? Easy!*
Kat
*(We hope)
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