Well, I had my 39 week appointment. Didn't go as planned.... (for me anyway! ha) Baby is starting to move down, I'm 1cm dialated and about 50% effaced. I was hoping to be further along, but no such luck.
I actually lost a pound at this last appointment, bringing me to +32 lbs. Crazy!
Doctor said we'll do an ultrasound at my next appointment to check on baby's size and fluid levels and all that jazz and then we'll schedule an induction for the next week (and pray that he comes on his own before then). She said that she's worried about letting me go to long because he may be too big to fit through my little frame.
She estimates him to be about 7.5lbs already and if she let me go another 2 weeks he could be as big as 8.5-9lbs..... I know people deliver babies that big, as my own mother did (I was 9.2) but I am actually a bit smaller than she was when she delivered me.
The doctor threw around the term c-section as a possibility if the baby was too big, she said she wouldn't want me to go through 20 hours of labor, three hours of pushing and then still end up with a c-section anyway.
I figured, I'm not the doctor and whatever is best for baby and me is what she will suggest doing.
So, we should find out more on Tuesday, but if you have time, say a little prayer that he comes on his own before then :-)
