One more week to go! How crazy this is! At our last visit my doctor stripped my membranes... in hopes it would stimulate Joslyn to come on out. Well no such luck. We got stripped on Friday and nothing happened all weekend. I have to say having that done was very much worth it. Of course my husband and I did ALOT of research on it. The process, the effects, possible risks, and so on. Our doctor said it would hurt and the only real risks is labor! He did it two times, it was very painful but maybe due to the fact I was still 1 cm dilated. He said that I may have slight spotting and he hoped to see me in labor soon. (No matter how badly it hurt I asked him to do it some more. He told me no, with a slight giggle.)
I had some spotting the rest of the day, and just wanted to rest. It was crazy but I felt violated! To be a bit honest it felt like I just had another DNC. That was scary and I was kind of nervous about that. I had too many feelings and memories that came back to me. But luckily I had my amazing husband who helped keep my mind away from the negative and kept me laughing. The stripping seemed to do two things though. My contractions that I have been having for 4 weeks now have seemed to intensify and my plug seems to be trying to come out. (If it is still even there.)
We are very much ready to met our little miracle, all we are doing is waiting for her to be ready to come out. She seems to like it where she is.... But all we want to do is count her pretty little toes and fingers, listen to her heart beating, watch her move around, and touch her amazing little self.
Jacky
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
37 weeks
We are now considered FULL TERM! Time to celebrate!! If you asked me last year if I thought we would ever be at this point in a pregnancy, I would have said "only in my dreams." Don't get me wrong, at every appointment I keep on expecting the doctor to say that something is wrong and that they will have to take Joslyn Olivia out.... asap.
But every appointment the doctor always says that everything is normal and perfect! But I still have that thought that something will go not right.
Maybe I think that so that something will not go wrong, expect the worse so when the best happens it is more of a celebration!
For the past two weeks we have been .5 cm dilated but my cervix has effaced to 80% last week. I have been having daily contractions... good ones the doctor calls them. Some are REALLY good ones! hehe. Ou last visit we saw a doctor that we have not seen yet.. he walked in, sat down, opened my file (my THICK file) and said "so you are having a daughter." OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that makes me cry just thinking of it! No one has said it like that before. My husband and I said "yes we are!" What a great feeling!
People have been asking me if I am scared about the labor. Honestly, no I am not. I see it that Joslyn Olivia has been working so hard for the past nine months. She has been so strong and brave that for a few hours I think I owe it to her to be just as brave and strong. (Not saying that I am not taking the epidural, because I plan on to when the pain gets too intense.) But if Joslyn can fight against the odds and survive, I think I can get her out.
Some days I still think, "I can not believe we are pregnant." The other night I told my husband that there was a little baby in my belly. It just seems like such an amazing dream, that sometimes I expect to wake up and not be pregnant. But everytime I do wake up....... there she is! All happy in my belly!
Jacky
But every appointment the doctor always says that everything is normal and perfect! But I still have that thought that something will go not right.
Maybe I think that so that something will not go wrong, expect the worse so when the best happens it is more of a celebration!
For the past two weeks we have been .5 cm dilated but my cervix has effaced to 80% last week. I have been having daily contractions... good ones the doctor calls them. Some are REALLY good ones! hehe. Ou last visit we saw a doctor that we have not seen yet.. he walked in, sat down, opened my file (my THICK file) and said "so you are having a daughter." OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that makes me cry just thinking of it! No one has said it like that before. My husband and I said "yes we are!" What a great feeling!
People have been asking me if I am scared about the labor. Honestly, no I am not. I see it that Joslyn Olivia has been working so hard for the past nine months. She has been so strong and brave that for a few hours I think I owe it to her to be just as brave and strong. (Not saying that I am not taking the epidural, because I plan on to when the pain gets too intense.) But if Joslyn can fight against the odds and survive, I think I can get her out.
Some days I still think, "I can not believe we are pregnant." The other night I told my husband that there was a little baby in my belly. It just seems like such an amazing dream, that sometimes I expect to wake up and not be pregnant. But everytime I do wake up....... there she is! All happy in my belly!
Jacky
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