After the initial greetings at my appointment today, my doctor asked if Brian and I (he came along for this one, which was great!) if we'd like to be induced at any time. Apparently (and I'm not sure if all doctors do this), she is more than ok with inducing a patient if they have progressed enough and are only a week or so away from their due date. So, that includes me! Well, of course I got excited because I really would like to have this baby, but on the other hand, since she was putting the ball in our court, it made it harder to decide. She gave us the days in the next week that would work to schedule it and after hearing those and talking it over, we decided to schedule the induction for next Tuesday (Aug. 29th) at 8 am!! I am still about 4cm dilated and am progressing in the other ways that the body needs to prepare. That being said, this baby could very well come before the induction. I'll admit that it's nice to know that we will be him/her in 1 week or less...for sure. It's scary too...but really I'm totally thrilled and excited to deliver this baby. I feel positive about going into it naturally or by being induced. For those of you wondering, the induction would mean that the doctor would break my water and see if things then progressed on their own (which they should). If, after a few hours, there wasn't significant progress, they may start pitocin. Wow is all I can really say! I'm still going to have to be patient and that may be hard, but it's all good.... :o)
On to Hannah...this past weekend, we were joking around putting a ball in her shirt so she could pretend to have a "baby" in her tummy too. She was so cute! She would ask Brian and I if we wanted to "feel the baby move" and then put our hands on the ball. She'd look at us and ask, "Can you feel it?" imitating exactly what I do and say when she feels the baby.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
"Little Mommy"
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