Thank you all so much for your good wishes and support... but it wasn't to be. I'm such a drama queen really, announcing this baby might come today. I was lying there in the doctor's office, hyperventilating, on the monitor (baby's heartbeat, possible contractions) and of course the baby is not coming down and the doctor's not inducing anything just now. Apparently, it would be "too traumatic."
So - next appointment on Monday. Any possible induction at the earliest Tuesday or Wednesday. Sigh. He should not have used the phrases "full two weeks overdue" and "possible 42 weeks." That was not nice. And he really needn't have located my cervix, dammit. It was out of bloody reach but he wouldn't take the hint! Now I'm just hoping this will bring on labour for me, as it seems to have for some of you.
Actually he was being lovely and explained very clearly why it would be better for me to wait for any natural progression. You should see this guy - he looks like the kind of guy they would get to play the kindly and admired high society gynaecologist in Law and Order. And he wouldn't have done the crime either. He's genuinely not my type, but in an objective sense he's very handsome and kind, you know?
He gave me a whole spiel that he'd obviously done a million times before about how an induction would be much more convenient for him, but not the best thing for me or my baby. Blah blah blah - I hate to hear pretty people talking sense. They should compensate for all that perfection by falling over slapstick-style every half hour or always having something between their teeth.
Unless there is more news on the babyfront, I may try and post on something else between now and Monday. I hear you sigh with relief.
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I'm glad I'm on another continent because I'm about to agree with the Doc. I suffered through a terrible induction with my first. 42 hours and he suffered some O2 deprivation. Anyway, I'm not out to scare you, you know? I was induced with my second at 41 weeks and then again at 42 weeks. The 1st didn't take and the 2nd worked it's charm to the tune of a precipitate delivery. So, bowl us over with your last few bits of pregnancy humor and sit tight. Or loose. That might be better.
ReplyDeleteNooooooooooooooo! I saw the title and just though (again) Nooooooooooooooooo!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry, I well remember how frustrating it all is (although not with A&S who came out through the sunroof at 36 weeks. All I can say is L (and lots of other babies I know) left it to the absolute last minute before induction before coming of their own accord, so I'd be hoping for Monday or Tuesday evening...
@All This Trouble - No, you're right. And I do agree with the doctor. I would like to hold this baby as soon as possible, but I also want to have a very safe birth. So we're all good. Even if you were over here, I woulnd't throttle you.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you had bad experiences with inductions. Sounds like it was traumatic for you indeed.
@planb - I'm hoping this with you. I WANT the natural birth, by I also want it SOON.
ReplyDeleteThese last days of hoping sound stressful; hopes raised and then dashed, more waiting...patience (yuk! to patience). I've been wondering how things were going for you as I've sat today, tapping away at the computer.
ReplyDeletePoo.
ReplyDeleteI know he's talking sense and you know that I agree with the 'too traumatic' but I can also feel your frustration at being pushed towards a later induction and a bigger baby that gets stuck. It's a bummer. Neither option sounds viable :(
Practise contractions are a good sign though, even if there's no tangible result of them yet. Still mean things are getting themselves ready.
A little massage? : http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=acupressure+points+to+induce+labour&rlz=1R2GGLL_en-GB&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=acupressure+points+&gs_rfai=
Gah. Always use the wrong tag. I even miscorrected it!
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Oh. And it still didn't work. Sorry! Cut and Paste!
ReplyDeleteI understand how you feel exactly. But I will say that I went in to be induced and my body was not ready to let the baby go at all. I got so fed up of people telling me how bloody high up my cervix was. In the end they gave me 4 doses of Prostin to hopefully induce labour and because my body was not ready it just meant that I was in pain for three days. He came when he was ready, with a little helping hand. I hope I never have to go through an induction again, I'm just going to wait if I get pregnant again!
ReplyDeleteJust on the reassuring front - I was 15 days over with Cubling and she wasn't a big baby. Late babies don't have to be big and get stuck.
ReplyDeleteI do hope you won't have to wait another 2 weeks though.
He's right. I don't think my last baby was ready to be induced but there were too many other risks to think about. I ended up having a C-section which probably might not have happened had we waited.
ReplyDeleteI hate that fiddling around with the cervix thing. So painful.
Oh good luck with everything. I would say 'everything crossed' but that doesn't seem right somehow!
ReplyDeleteLol he sounds very knowing and sensible, shame he didn't fall over. I hope things happen for you soon. All my babies were overdue by 4 days and I was in the foulest mood ever while waiting for them. Hope it's not too long x
ReplyDeleteBelieve me- if you wait until all is ready, the body does its job so much more easily. Try and be patient.
ReplyDeleteAnd please keep us updated. Please.
Oh goodness, I hear you on people who are too perfect. I have a friend who is gorgeous, has a PhD in Neurobiology, and is super nice. I just want to smack her sometimes for making the rest of us look bad.
ReplyDeleteSending lots of oooooo's and xxxxxxx's (hugs and kisses)
ReplyDeleteWhat?? I was certain I would come here and you'd be posting about how easy the labor was.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw you'd just commented, I figured things might be still dragging on. Sympathy - our first was two weeks overdue, little elf was nine days...
ReplyDeleteGlad you've got a sympathetic consultant, at any rate!
We will wait patiently for you. And anything you write about is fabulous, baby or no.
ReplyDeleteach..damn..i already told jo to tell you all my best congrats in case you get your baby while i m in the woods..and then i read the title and guess what i thought?? yes it was nooooooooooooooooooo.....
ReplyDeletejust take your time even though its nervwrakking..:-( it ll be all good in the end...
I wanted to be induced when my docs realized my placenta had pooped out and the baby was not growing, because I am convinced it is better for a baby to go through normal birth than c-section, and all I bought myself was a day and a night of attempted induction only to get a section anyway.
ReplyDeleteApparently your son is a laid back, do things in his own time kind of guy. This could make raising him somewhat easier, right?
Hang in there honey, eventually, this baby will indeed come out.
Hi Mwa!! I'm sorry I've been completely MIA for a long while. Lots of drama in my life. But I've missed you and I can't believe I almost missed the birth of your baby!!! I really hope the little cutie-pie makes an arrival shortly! I know how waiting at the end feels just like torture. I'm thinking of you, sweet mama! I hope your birth journey is beautiful and as painless as possible. xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteI must say that the one internal I had late in pregnancy by a man was the gentlest - maybe it was the short nails....the nice looking ones always deliver the tough talk too. The said examiner above was the one who sent me off to induction when I was trying to avoid it. Hang in there. I'm sure you will make the right choice for you if you need to and hopefully baby boy will just decide to come out and play very soon. xx
ReplyDeleteI'm holding my breath for you. These are the hardest days (as I remember). That's why I go for the women gyno's!!
ReplyDeleteYou write as I remember it exactly, it's like reliving it. I hope baby boy makes his appearance soon!
Oh i sympathise i really do. by your point you are just so fed up, you'd get a can opener and get the baby out if you could!
ReplyDeleteBut be patient, it will be so much better if the baby can come in its own time. I'm sure it won't be long.
Thinking of you.
M2Mx