Pregnant for Life

So, since my last posted appointment, I've felt amazingly fine.  I had an appointment yesterday that told me I had made no progress!  I was still 85% effaced (google effacement if you're THAT interested), and 3cm dilated.  Absolutely no change from last time!  Even the Dr. was shocked, evidently she had totally expected to see us over the weekend welcoming our baby girl!  So, she scheduled an elective induction (meaning optional) for us Tuesday, April 20th @ 6:30am in hopes that maybe the knowledge of a for sure date would coax the baby out
by the due date, April 19th! 

I'm a little upset (not overly so) that she's not wanting to come out on her own sooner rather than later!  I definitely don't want it to turn into an emergency C-section, so I don't want to wait too long, but I really wanted to go into labor without aid this time! 

Aiden's Story:

I was induced with Aiden because I was flat out MISERABLE 1 week before his due date.  That was an 8-5:25 labor, a whole work day.  Of course, I was having contractions the night before and went into Triage that night at 2am and they ended up sending me home at 7:00am (with contractions extremely painful and 4 minutes apart, but not "enough" progress - the nurse was getting off her shift and didn't want to deal with me anymore.) 

Luckily, I had a regular appointment that morning at 8, and once I waited through the waiting room with horrid contractions and got into the room and finally got checked, he told me I should have gone straight to the hospital, not here, that we were having a baby!  Of course, we went straight over there, got checked in, and continued the same contraction pattern from 8 to about 1pm with maybe 1cm progress!  That's when they decided to induce to make the contractions be a little more productive.  That definitely worked!  Of course, I had an epidural at this point, so I felt nothing from this point on.  I watched the contractions on the monitor get progressively "worse" and closer together without so much as a wince!  Then at about 5pm I was 10cm and ready to go... the pushing was ridiculous because I had no clue WHERE to push, so it took a little bit longer than it should have - Aiden got the "conehead," but eventually made it out at 5:25pm!  THE END.


So, this time, June is just fattening up.  Dr. K says she's well baked, and that boys are usually this stubborn, not girls!   I'm definitely interested in seeing how much she'll weigh.  Aiden was 7lbs 9oz and 21" long.  My belly feels smaller this time around - but I guess we don't know until she's out! 

Tuesday, I decided to forget it all - if she was going to come, she was going to come - and we went 1 hour away to Kemah.  The boys got to ride a ton of rides, the sun was beautiful, I got some light sun, Saltgrass Steakhouse, and a frozen coffee.  We were all extremely happy.  I still think my favorite part is the stingrays.  Even though they stink - they have such interesting personalities!  Some are spunky, some are hesitant, some try to fly out at you (or me, in this case) - probably looking for a hug, since I look so huggable. :o)

There was one that just clung to the side while I pet it, it didn't ask for any food, or get upset with me, it seemed to just like to be touched!  It reminded me of me.  Sometimes I just like to be touched - hugged, held, etc.  Oh, and being fed is good, too, but I am capable of feeding myself - and I don't like raw dead whole fish.

One thing I guess I didn't get a picture of were the little baby stingrays.  Probably about 4-8 inches across - about 50 of them.  They ALL reminded me of children, they were plexiglass-divided from the larger ones and it looked like a day care center!  They were all crazy, leaping at the glass trying to get in the bigger tank (some succeeded in clearing the 6 inch lip!).  Josh gave one of the wild ones a fish, and it immediately suction-cupped itself to the wall, with the fish in between.  After what looked like the baby straining, curling up it's "wings" and flailing its tail, it slid down a little and the whole fish was sticking out of its mouth, it was way too big for the baby, but it was NOT giving up.  So, so cute.

I know, I'm rambling on about stingrays!  Maybe I'm bored?  Maybe I'm just trying to keep my mind off other things?  Who knows, it just happens to interest me.  And bore the crap out of you!

Anyways, I'm still pregnant - feeling perfectly fine (except for when I have to stand up) - and it doesn't feel like it's changing any time soon.  Seems like I'm going to be pregnant for-ev-er...