Yesterday Bill had a snow day, so when he came back home from work, we decided to follow the midwife's suggestion. We went to the store so I could walk long open strides for hours. I also added some squatting and lunges in there as well. By the time we left, we were $50 poorer and I was very sore. Once we got home, Bill gave me a long back and leg massage to help relax my muscles. When we went to bed, I took some Tylenol PM to help me sleep. All the things the midwife said may help push me into labor were done...but I'm still very pregnant this morning. All it did was give me a bit of a better sleep (I think I got about 5 hours) and a very vivid dream about giving birth to a beautiful, healthy, chunky little boy. It was so realistic that I felt confused when I woke up and a bit disappointed that once again, I didn't have my baby here yet. I lost some of my plug yesterday morning and thought that maybe it was a start to me seeing more, but that also seems like it's unlikely now.
I'm starting to feel calm about still being pregnant. If everyone could stop asking me about why the baby isn't here yet, I think it would be pretty easy to shrug off at this point. I'm trying to accept that he'll come when we induce, so I can relax for the next 7 days and just enjoy Christmas. I sort of had a peace come over me about it, and I'm not so frustrated anymore. I still hate the pain and the SPD, but it's been long enough where it's starting to just feel like a normal part of life. It's been three weeks of not sleeping and not feeling well and waddling like crazy.
Tomorrow I'll be 41 weeks, and I'll be kick starting it by going to the doctor's for some long tests. I need the nonstress test (which should be fun with a toddler running around!) and an hour after that, I have my amnio fluid test, which is by ultrasound. So hopefully one way or the other, I get to see baby again. I'd much rather see the real version than the ultrasound version, but I guess that'll happen soon enough.
Next week will be the busy week. Monday will be another NST, Tuesday will be Christmas Eve and my last appointment at the birth center to discuss the induction more at length, Wednesday will be Christmas and Thursday is the big induction day. It sounds like a lot of exhausting running around, so might as well enjoy my last few carefree, planless days now.
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