I went to the doctor for a checkup today and I was at 3cm dilated which was a relief to me - I had progressed since my last appointment a few days ago. Overnight on Friday night I had a few hours of pretty regular contractions. I was beginning to think I was gonna know what real labor was like and that we were going to head to the hospital. And then, just like that they stopped.
So at today's appointment after she got the 3cm, she stripped my membranes which she said would help speed things up alittle bit. (Holy moly I don't know if you've had that done before or not but major crampy feeling for a few hours afterwards. I was beginning to think we were gonna be heading into the hospital soon afterwards this evening.)
And after that we discussed being induced....why delay the inevitable. I was induced with both Bennett and Ashley....Bennett after 12 days and Ashley after 5. With Bennett I had barely dilated and with Ashley I was at around a 5cm but still no contractions to get her out. So my doctor felt very comfortable with just letting me schedule to get induced.
We are heading to the hospital tomorrow morning (Tuesday June 20th) to start the induction at 8:00am. Hopefully because of the stripping, I'll be even further dilated by morning and none of it should take that long.
Stay tuned...prayers appreciate.
Also, prayers appreciated for my kiddos. Bennett and Ashley, even though being very excited, I can tell are pretty nervous about tomorrow and the changes ahead. Ashley especially. She was almost in tears with me today and said she was afraid that the baby would be a boy and that she'd never have a sister. We had a good talk about it and I convinced her that even if she did have another brother, she'd still love him and be a great big sister. I also told her that hopefully the boys would get married some day and that when they do, then she'll get sisters then. For her sake, praying for a girl. But obviously happy for a healthy baby no matter what.
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