Speaking of, we should be meeting this little sweetie in 10-11 days. If my body hasn't made any significant progress by Friday (the 11th) then my doctor is going to schedule an induction for Wednesday or Thursday. When I think back to the first two trimesters, the idea of being induced is something that probably would have made me cry. I just envisioned something so different for my pregnancy and birth- something wholly natural. However, this baby has already taught me so many lessons and one of them is that I have to accept that things will almost never go as I had planned. So, instead of a natural, med free pregnancy I underwent four hospital stays, two for preterm contractions, two for severe kidney pain, two surgeries (general anesthesia and all) and have been on pain medicine due to a stent for hydronephrosis and possible kidney stones. Instead of going into labor naturally, full-term I am going to be induced at 39 weeks. Lastly, instead of being determined to go through birth without an epidural I have decided to be open about my options. Ultimately, this baby and pregnancy has taught me that these things are out of my control and that is okay. We are blessed because even though these past 4 months have been the most difficult of my life, our growing baby has remained healthy and continued to thrive. Our prize will be here soon and we could not be more excited to hold this sweet little one in our arms.
Here is a video of my baby belly. Please excuse my appearance- it was bedtime after an excruciatingly long weekend. The video is kind of long so you have to let it load forever first, but near the end you can really see the baby moving inside-very cool!
