I am Preg-Zilla, hear me roar!

There has been very few times in the last 9 months that I went preg-zilla. Ive been pretty calm and collected. Maybe more annoyed that usual...or just more vocal about it. But today the monster roared.

I had my 40 week (and a day) appointment. My midwife (who I love, and normally see) notice a slight dip in the babies heartbeat during a routine check. So she decides to send me over to the hospital to be monitored. Pretty much she said it could either be A. Nothing at all and she just happened to catch the nothing. or B. the baby is stressed and ready to come but things just arent moving along. If they decided it was B at the hospital, I would be induced today.

Induced. Not a happy word for me. If you remember a few months back I posted about how I wanted to go all nat-ur-al. I dont take any meds unless absolutely necessary and I have done the same throughout the pregnancy and hoped the same for the birth. BUT if my baby was stressed and being induced meant her being healthy, I was totally okay with being induced.

So I arrive at the hospital with my Dad. They send me up to Labor and Delivery and hook me up to fetal monitors to measure her heart rate and also any contractions I might be having. An hour and a half later, a doctor from the practice I go to shows up to make the call. Of course it couldnt be either of the 2 doctors I LOVE at the practice. It has to be the third, cold doctor that treats you like a "patient" not a human with feelings and concerns. Needless to say, Im not a fan of him. He checks out the print out of the babies heart beat and says everything looks perfect. She is healthy and that he wanted to check to see if I was dilated and also do an ultrasound to make sure the fluid was okay. If we passed the next few things, we could go home without being induced.

He checks to see if Im dilated and says "shes closed" to the nurse. Okay, process of elimination leads me to believe there is no dilatation happening. But hello, first baby, I dont know whats going on...he doesnt say anything to me. I had to ask if that meant that I wasnt dilated at all. Of course I was right. Nada.

Then a few minutes later the u/s tech comes in. She was super nice, checked all four "pockets" and said that my fluid looked good and I dont have to be induced today. I told her thats awesome because I didnt want to be induced unless I absolutely have to. She knew right away I wanted to go natural and even said "I understand, a lot of the times being induced leads to c-sections if the body doesnt take to the drugs." Confirmed my thoughts.

Nice. Baby Jersey is healthy, and as much as I want her here and am feeling ready...obviously she isnt ready for whatever reason. But we get to go home, no induction.

Then the doctor and nurse come in. They tell me they are gonna schedule me to be induced since Im "past my due date". I was supposed to talk with my midwife about scheduling the induction at the next appointment (this friday). But they said they want to do it since Im already there. Ugh. The o-so-fabulous doctor says "well, we are in the hospital all day Tuesday so lets induce her Monday night". Wait...this COMING Monday night?! I will barely be 41 weeks! They will let me go till 42 weeks but since he doesnt want to be on call all day I have to be induced at 41 weeks?! I know that this baby isnt ready and she needs more time. In the beginning I was measuring EXACTLY a week smaller (which could put my actual due date June 22nd). They wouldnt change my due date though. So if thats the case and my baby and my body are working on a clock around June 22nd not June 15th, we arent ready.

Insert fuming pregzilla here.

I know most people are thinking so whats the big deal? You want the baby out right? Right. I do. But I want her to come on her terms. Whether that be when she is ready or if she is stressed and needs to come sooner. Not saying I would want her stressed. Im just NOT a fan of being induced, especially so early for mulitple reasons.

A. I dont want any drugs unless I HAVE to.
B. Almost everyone I know who was induced had to get a c-section
C. Its not necessary this early
D. We obviously need more time
E. Its at the convenience of the doctor, and he acted like I had no say in it.
F. Mr. Jersey is one of two supervisors at his work, the other is on vacation all next week. Therefor, he wouldnt be able to stay at the hospital the entire time with me and enjoy spending time with his new daughter that he has waited so long for.

So I plan on talking to MY doctor on Friday and seeing what she can do to push back the induction appointment. At least until later that week to give the baby some time to get this flowing on her own. I feel like my midwife, as a woman and also one that delivered both her children naturally, would understand where I was coming from. Hopefully.

We shall see. But I AM wondering what would happen if I just didnt show up Monday night. Maybe Ill be busy washing my hair? ;op

39 & 40 Weeks!

Ive been realizing this is more a blog about my pregnancy than house and pets! I promise to get back into posting about the house and pets soon. After all, any day now Ill be home all day with my princess!

39 weeks
At 39 weeks she should be about 20 inches and weight a little over 7 lbs! I definitely feel the difference, its a lot harder for me to roll over in bed or even get off the couch. This was also the week I went into a mini panic. I scrubbed the heck out of the house and finished getting things ready for her. Im guessing at 39 weeks they dont advise you to move the fridge to scrub behind it but no one was home and I was stubborn and motivated so I did. I mean whats the worst that could happen, I go into labor? Yes please. But I didnt...and the fridge was a lot lighter than I expected. I also installed her carseat and double checked her diaper bag. Everything seems good to go! Except her.

40 weeks
Today is our due date! I dont think she has grown TOO much in the last week. Not like she has been growing. She has been really active lately though. The other day I was exhausted but she didnt want to go to sleep at all so of course I didnt sleep at all. And it starts ;o)

I took the day off yesterday to relax, since Ive been taking a day a week. So today I fully planned on going into work. At this point there isnt much there for me to do but I get extremely bored at home alone. So I woke up extra early to meet my Mom at her house (the half way mark of what would be an hour drive to work) so I could ride in with her from there. Started up the car and it was making funny noises and running bad with the check engine light on. Great. Out of all days, right?! The car has run perfect for the last 3 years that we have owned it and TODAY has to be the day that it acts up. Mr. Jersey got up early and tried to check it out and found nothing. Lucky for us we have a few mechanic friends so hopefully the baby holds out long enough for us to get the car back in working order before she is here!

Well, hopefully this is my last post without a baby! Tomorrow is my appointment and they are gonna hook me up to a monitor for about 20 mins to check the babies heartbeat and movement. Im sure she will have no problem passing that with flying colors. And hopefully soon after she will decide to come into the world!

Have a good Tuesday!