Ha ha, tricked you, the baby isn't here yet! I went in for another appointment last week and they sent me home to do some lab work and they set up an inducing date for today. Well I got a call this week that said my lab results came back and they looked really good so they didn't feel like I needed to be induced quite yet. I was so relieved! At first I had felt good about getting induced this week, I was really excited. I felt like I was ready, and I felt like our little boy would be ready as well. But once they actually told me I was going to be induced, I panicked big time. She told me they'd want me to come in the night before and start me on some medication and then more medication the next day. Now I am all for getting an epidural, but other than that, I am not comfortable with so many other medicine interventions. Especially once I got home and found out that the medicine they wanted to put me on the night before isn't even FDA approved. I started praying that I would get good news on my lab results and that hopefully our boy would decide to come on his own. I am so glad that he is able to stay inside me for a bit more and keep growing. They estimated him to be 6 lb. 10 oz. at my ultrasound yesterday, so he is a good size at this point, but I really would like to use as little medication to get him here as possible. That said, they are still planning on inducing by 39 weeks. But I do feel like he could come on his own before then.
My appointment yesterday was bittersweet. Our favorite midwife is moving to the East coast in a few days and we had our last appointment with her. She kept getting all teary eyed, which made me all teary eyed. I could tell she was so sad to be leaving. She really wants our baby boy to come this weekend so that she can be there for the birth and she kept talking to him telling him to come out already. She was the first one to give us an ultrasound when we found out we were pregnant, she was there for me when I needed to share my worries, and she truly became a friend. It was hard to give her a hug and say goodbye. Who knows, maybe we will move up there for dental school and she will deliver our next one.
Moving on.... a few weeks ago my sisters and mom threw me a baby shower. I knew it would be really cute because they are all so creative, and I was right! The theme was an elephant baby shower, and the colors were turquoise and orange. They spent so much time decorating and making everything perfect for me and the baby, it really turned out well and I had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures from the day:
We had the baby shower out on the back patio since the weather was nice. Everyone fit perfectly underneath it. Lots of friends and family members that came below:
We played a matching game where you match the name of the mother animal to the name of the baby animal and then they all wrote out wishes for our baby. Gabe and I had a fun time reading them all that night. I hope it is something that our boy will cherish one day.
Everyone guessed how many circus peanuts fit around my belly...
It was NOT 64 Abby, thankyouverymuch :)
Chelsy and my mom worked on decorating these cookies for 6 hours the day before while I was "bed-resting" on the couch in the next room. They turned out very cute!
The baby shower favors - little boxes filled with peanuts. They said, "Thanks for stomping by!"
Me and my lovely sisters. Thanks for throwing me and baby to be a party and for everyone who came, I had a blast!
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