Just thought I'd give a quick update about our progress! I had a Doctor's appointment on Wednesday and he said I was about 2cm dialated and progressing well. Yesterday I had random contractions all morning and my hips ached pretty badly while I was out walking around... This led to a drop in the baby's position, or at least I think so since it feels like I have more room in my chest and less in my pelvis, lol!
Today we're going to start our natural induction methods...lots to choose from and since he's making progress anyway and has made it the full 40 weeks, I am excited about helping him come into the world. I'll be walking the stairs in our house, doing pelvic tilts to keep my lower back as loose as possible, squatting to open the pelvis, taylor sitting to open the pelvis, and massaging my ankles hoping to hit a chinese medicine pressure point to help induce labor. You wouldn't believe all the different natural ways you can induce labor, what great alternatives to Pitocin, which we are going to avoid as much as possible!
Our next Doctor's appointment is Monday for an NST and an amniotic fluid check, so I'm hoping to not have to go to that appointment. The NST is to check the baby's heart rate and movements and my contractions, and they check fluid levels to make sure the baby is not at risk. Sometimes though this can lead to misguided scare tactics since amniotic fluid levels decrease at this stage of pregnancy anyway. So we'll go with the flow and hope that we have a baby by then...if not, we'll make sure he's doing all right and continue to try to naturally induce. I have a feeling my Doctor won't let me go much further than a week over since he seems to think the baby is big. I have to say, I agree that I think the baby is big too!
No pictures today, we'll post some 38 week belly shots once I get them from Kristy, my sis-in-law. I'll also have Kent take a couple today since we're officially at 40 weeks, maybe we can see the drop if we compare? We'll have to wait and see!
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