So our 40th week appointment was today, and it was disappointingly uneventful. No new progress as far as effacement and dilation, and the doctor jumped right into discussing inducement. The good news is that he believes (with 40+ years of experience) that the healthiest babies arrive between 40 and 41 weeks, so he moved my inducement date up to Tuesday, September 13th, so we have less than 2 weeks to go, guaranteed! If we wait longer, we could run into the placenta beginning to fail and/or amniotic fluid getting low and/or a higher probability of needing a C-section. The best part about going up to/past our due date is that BugBat will be fully ready to go, and she may sleep for longer periods of time if she has a bigger stomach at the get-go, since she'll be able to eat more at a time and not wake up to be fed every 2 hours.
Dr. Dave does not believe in stripping the membranes because of the risk of infection, so instead the plan is to use a foley bulb (which sounds much more pleasant than it likely feels), and then begin pitocin later if need be. The good news is that we only need to wait a max of one more week to see her, because if we make it until next Thursday, we will have a stress test with an ultrasound to measure the fluids, so we'll get to see her little face and make sure that she is, in fact, a girl. They will also be able to better estimate her size, which is exciting. Oddly, I'm still measuring a bit small, at 37-38 cms, and I'm still at a steady 155 lbs, so perhaps this weight plateau has slowed things down a bit. It's not for lack of trying though - I figured I may as well enjoy myself these last few weeks and I've been indulging in steak and thai food, yum!
Nothing else to report today - it's reassuring to know that we'll finally get to meet our daughter one way or another very soon, and perhaps now we can enjoy a few more nights to ourselves...including our real anniversary this coming Monday <3 Maybe my next post will be a little recap of our wedding/honeymoon since I've yet to do one.
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