Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We have just been waiting on this baby to arrive. We were told I was starting to dilate a few weeks ago, and from then we literally thought it could be any minute that I would start having contractions and we would go to the hospital to meet baby boy.
Funny how after all this time of praying we could keep him cooking long enough, he decides he is comfortable in there and doesn't actually want to come out. I'm so thankful to have made it to 38 weeks, but I'm ready to meet this little guy. I don't want to wait any longer!!
We have tried to pass the time with working through our to do list and crossing each item off one by one. We have gone on long walks (I'm talking 1.5 miles people), I have sat on the exercise ball for hours, gone up and down the stairs...all of those home remedies for putting yourself into labor, tried them! We have cleaned every square inch of our house...some areas we have cleaned more than once. Every night before we go to bed we make sure the house is 100% picked up and ready for us to leave at any second. We have had our hospital bag packed for the past 10 weeks (ha ha I know), and every night we add a few extra things to it in case we have to leave in the middle of the night.
Today at my appointment we found out that I have not made any more progress than I had the last few weeks. Still at about 80% effaced and 2 cm dilated. Not enough to have this baby anytime soon. We talked about being induced next Monday, 12/26. I was okay with that plan, but then come to find out our doctor will be out of town all weekend and he was not comfortable with the on call doctor delivering the baby. Not that he is not a good doctor, but he's like 70 years old and we don't know him. Our doctor knows everything we have gone through and he's taking good care of us. After adding all of that up, we decided that I should be induced this week instead. So....WEDNESDAY 12/21 is the big day people! That means he will be here before Christmas and we should actually be home by Christmas Eve. I can't imagine a more perfect gift this year! Also, 12/21 has significance in that 5 years ago Matt proposed to me! How special!
I probably won't be posting anymore until the baby arrives...but when he does, I'll be sure to put his stats, including the NAME on here :) It's been fun keeping it a secret, but we are ready for everyone to know. I can't wait to meet this little Squirt. It's been a fast 38 weeks for me, but Matt says it's been the longest time of his life!
We can only imagine what the next few weeks/months have in store for us. But one thing I know is that this little boy is going to feel so much love from the moment he takes his first breath. Everyone might have a hard time prying him out of my arms!!
Wish us luck...we are definitely ready for this roller coaster ride!
