Week 38: Feb. 2 - Feb. 8
Today I had an appointment in the morning. I think that the nurse and my midwife were surprised that I was still coming considering I had stopped taking my pills the week beforehand. The nurse did her normal things of taking my blood pressure and weight. I still have good blood pressure unlike my two sisters and I have gained 26 pounds so far. I am finally in the range of needing to gain 25-35 pounds during the pregnancy. The midwife came in and checked the baby's heart rate and measured my stomach. She told me that I am going to have a good size baby. She went to put her hands on my stomach to feel the baby's position and told me that I was having a contraction right then. I couldn't feel it until she started moving my stomach around and then I felt some pain. I don't know why I have a hard time realizing when I am having a contraction. Afterwards, she checked my cervix and as it turns out I am 100% thinned and 4cm dilated. She asked me if I wanted her to sweep the membranes and stretch the cervix, because she started to do it but I was having a hard time because it was so painful when she started to do it that she stopped and asked me if I wanted her to continue on. She said that what that would do would most likely put me into labor. I wasn't sure about it but before I could give her an answer she took her hand out. It is hard for me to make decisions fast about certain things that she asks me what I want to do because for so long I've just had to do whatever the high-risk doctor told me...it was never an option. At my next appointment next week, she is going to go ahead and sweep the membranes and stretch the cervix so I need to prepare myself for that. She also told me that she has been in contact with a doctor over at Sunnyside about me getting induced and that doctor wants me to wait until I am at 40 weeks, if I even last that long. My midwife said I can make an appointment on my due date, Feb. 16th, to get induced but I asked if it could be after since Feb. 16th is Jenny's birthday. She told me that she would contact the doctor there and call and talk to me about it later.
I was so out of it when I got home afterwards that I pretty much slept all day. I was laying on the couch at one point watching Julie do photobooth with Jaden and Gabe and Julie decided that it would be fun to have me be in the picture too. Well, if any of you know what photobooth is, you can make your face look completely distorted and funny looking, so Julie thought it would be funny to do that to me. It was funny and we do it all the time but it was different because every time she would make me laugh, my stomach hurt. I don't know exactly what that means because it has never hurt before when I've laughed. I wondered if it was because of the exam that I had earlier.
Later that night, Julie, Jaden, my dad, Nathan went to the hockey game and it was just my mom and me hanging out. We went to the outlet mall, to look at some baby clothes. We went to Osh Kosh and they had some cute stuff but I didn't want to spend that much money on clothes when I will soon have to be spending it on diapers and such. We went to Carter's afterwards and they were having such a good sale that I bought four shirts and a cozy outfit for just $17. A pretty good deal. We went to Quizno's when we were done and took it home to eat to watch Mamma Mia!. I would have to say such a weird movie. I usually like musicals but I wasn't too fond of this one. Anyway, I am going to get some pictures of my stomach tomorrow or sometime before I turn 39 weeks and post them.
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