I haven't written anything here in a month! Whoops!
I'll bring you all (all one or two of you who read this) up to date on recent events. I'm 40 wks pregnant now, with no signs or symptoms of impending labor. It's getting incredibly uncomfortable, if I may complain for a few moments. I can hardly catch my breath. I see stars if I walk up the stairs too quickly. When I walk around there's a pain that shoots down from my hip to my knee. I've had heartburn for 3 months (at least.) Since January I haven't slept through the night. Lately, I wake up about 6 times per night to use the restroom - partially because my favorite thing to eat/drink is a giant cup full of water and a whole tray of ice cubes (which I enjoy chomping on more than I enjoy eating actual food.)
Ok, enough of that. I'm excited for the baby to be born, but I'm not looking forward to my 40 wk appointment tomorrow because my doctor told me last week that if I hadn't gone into labor by then she wanted to induce me. I don't want to be induced...so I'm not looking forward to the conversation. I spent a few hours in the St. Barnabas PET Unit on Wednesday, so I'm honestly not looking forward to going back to the hospital at all. In the last few months I've given a bit of thought to the "birth experience" and how ridiculous and over the top a normal labor/delivery is treated by hospitals and doctors. I really, really wish that I'd thought about this stuff seriously a LOT sooner and tried to find a birthing center or done a home birth or something with as little medical intervention as possible. Aside from Cervidel to soften my cervix, Devan was completely natural and not that big of a deal. I hate the idea of all of the monitors and IV's instead of actually drinking fluids to stay hydrated. I'm complaining again. I'll stop.
I doubt that I'll update this again before the baby is born. I just don't really have anything to talk about.
