The last week! As of now I am 4 days late. I was due on February 11 but I had a feeling baby girl was too comfy in my womb. On the exact date I started to feel contractions. I never had or remembered feeling contractions through out the day before and this got me a little excited. But the next day, nothing. We also went to my doctors appointment the next day and the doctor said the baby was 8 pounds already and the heartbeat is still good. I also STILL wasn't dilated.
He scheduled me for an induction this Sunday (which happens to be today). I really wasn't sure how I felt about it because I know it's better to deliver naturally. I started to get worried but I figure I can talk to the doctor when I get to the hospital so my decision is clear.
When we got to the hospital today, we checked in, went into our delivery room, got undressed and put my gown on, got in the bed and they monitored baby girl's heartbeat and my contractions. The night before, I started to feel my contractions and woke up this morning feeling contractions every 10 minutes. I know a lot of my friends who read this are moms and know what they feel like. But for those who don't, they feel like menstrual cramps and start to feel it in your lower back. I haven't experienced it yet but I know these are suppose to get worse and that's when you go to the hospital.
Anyway, the nurse who monitored me said the baby looks happy and healthy from the heart beats and she could see I was having contractions! YES! I knew those cramp feelings was it! She also checked to see if I was dilated and I am 1 cm. Finally! I thought I was NEVER going to! I told her I wanted to talk to my doctor and she also said if I wanted to wait and I had no medical issues, I could. I listened to my gut and felt like I wanted to wait. I just didn't think it was time yet.
Well I don't have any complications and when I saw my doctor he scheduled me for this coming Tuesday. I asked my doctor why was he inducing me only 4 days late, and he just said because it's overdue and it's a good size.. well that made it even clearer for me. I want to give Violet a chance to come on her own especially seeing I'm starting to have contractions and dilated now. But if nothing happens then, at least I will feel more comfortable getting induced with being more dilated hopefully! I just felt it was the right thing to do and the best decision.
Valentine's day was yesterday and that was the first time it was not on my mind. I kept forgetting it was Valentine's day! I was just so focused on labor. Oliver and I decided not to go anywhere considering it was on a Saturday and every restaurant would be packed. Traffic started early in the day already. But he was thoughtful and got me some flowers and this cute stuffed turtle. (Notice it's Purple?)
50 Shades of Grey movie came out and I thought I wouldn't be able to see it considering it was close to my due date but we went anyway. So I'm glad I got to see it with a few of my close friends. I think Violet is thoughtful and knew I wanted to see the movie LOL.
Look at my giant ball! Ready to pop.
This will be my last weekly pregnancy update. It has been an amazing journey and I'm glad to share it with you. I hope you found it as interesting as I could possibly make it. I enjoyed pregnancy. Most of it! I could go with out the morning sickness but it was all worth it. I look forward to sharing my next post on labor and being a first time mom. But don't count on seeing that for a while. I can't make any promises I'll keep updated every week since Violet will take most of our time. But I hope I entertained you! Thank you for giving me the time to read my experience and I hope to share many more memories. <3
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