Apparently the little man has absolutely no desire to get out of me. I am still just 1.5 centimeters dilated, with the baby’s head floating in the ever growing abyss of my stomach cavity.
The doctor said we need to make a decision… Here were my choices:
- Wait it out another week, where the little man will be almost 10 lbs.
- headover to the hospital and induce right now
- pick a day for a scheduled c-section
- pick a day for a scheduled induction
Yeah, here is the best part… The doctor thinks that with my cervix the way it is, and the baby’s head refusing to engage, that my odds are very good for having to have an emergency c-section. Regardless of waiting or inducing. It is my last wish to be awake during a c-section, and I really fear that is what is going to happen. Part of me really wants to wait things out, but on the other hand, things are not going as we had hoped. My textbook pregnancy is suffering from a cervix that seems uninterested in giving birth. How pleasant.
Either way, this new doctor that I have (because Dr. Jaki, my doctor, gave birth last Saturday), is not on call for the next two weeks. He won’t be the one that I will be in the room with. Had I known that yesterday was his last day on call for 2 weeks, we would have done a scheduled induction yesterday. I really don’t like the idea of going through this with someone that I don’t know. The whole thing scares me to death.
So, I didn’t sleep well again last night, and I’m thinking that Tuesday we will go in and have a baby. I just hope that my cervix and the baby behave.
Aw honey, don’t stress. Sleep if you can, it’ll be your last sound sleep for a while
I’ll keep you in my thoughts
Please please please have John update if he can once you go in 
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I am sure everything will go just fine! ((hugs))
On the off chance that you really do get to have actual labor, I’ll share with you the advice my SIL (mother of 5) gave me:
1. When you go into labor, shower, wash and braid your hair and make sure your legs are shaved. You might think “I don’t care if my legs are shaved, but you will. Also it will keep your hair from being all gross in the inevitable picutres during the labor and such that will happen.
2. Make sure you pack your own thick warm socks. You’ll feel better knowing you don’t have to wear yucky scratchy hospital socks!
It’s Baby Day!
Gwen! I know this is (MUCH) easier said than done, but try and think positive (haha, right? as I’m sitting here wishing this baby would get out of my body). Your body was designed to do this. Very few women are actually incapable of having their baby vaginally. I have a feeling your little guy is just stubborn but will work his way down soon. Your mindset can have as much an affect on your labor as anything else. I know how much you want to avoid a csection and I completely understand your fear (I’m terrified of that possibility as well!).
I’m reading this book which has been very empowering for me… it’s rather “hippy” but has a lot of good information (Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth). I was so concerned that after having such a long and tramatic birth with Callum that there was no way a larger baby would fit and I was bound to have a c-section (even my doctor suggested this). This boy is set to be bigger than Callum and as of today I’m heading past the point where I went into labor with Callum. I now feel very confident that I WILL get this baby out vaginally without issue and it feels really good to have that confidence.
Good luck to you, whatever you decide to do. The important thing is that your little boy is healthy and in your arms. I’m sending you labor and engaging vibes!!!
Hellllooooooo!
Any news yet?!