41 Week Appointment

When we got home last night, we ate some dinner and tried to take our mind off the runaround we had just experienced at the hospital. What better way to take your mind of something than laugh your bum off watching Rob Dyrdek's show Ridiculousness!?

I slept okay and woke up feeling a little better after talking to my Mother-in-Law and a couple of very supportive friends.

It wasn't until we were in the waiting room for our 41 week appointment that I started to get emotional again.  As I tried to contain my tears, I told Cody I just didn't expect us to ever make it to this appointment.  I had such an easy pregnancy that I just assumed everything else would follow suite.

Once we met with our midwife, all my fears went away.  She supported our decision to go home last night 100% and said we were in extremely good hands with the midwife, Chris, who was on duty last night. 

After checking me, she said there has finally been some progress! Best news yet. Here's a little TMI but for the first time, I was progressed enough for her to strip my membranes. This progress literally occurred overnight because Chris tried doing it before sending us home last night but wasn't successful.

Now the bad news: An NST is only designed to tell you if the placenta is good for another 3 days. So, that means we would need to have another test done on Thursday morning before going in to be induced on Friday morning. Cody and I both decided we didn't want to go through the emotional stress of an NST again, so they moved our induction appointment up by one day. So, that means, if Hanley doesn't decide to come on his own before 7:30 am on Thursday morning, he will be forcefully evicted with doses of Misoprostol and Pitocin.

My friend Mindy sent this to me today and I thought it was pretty funny!

To be honest, I have come to terms with the idea of being induced if Hanley holds out until then.  I feel like we have safely held out as long as possible to try to let things happen naturally but if it doesn't happen by Thursday, my body clearly needs the push. Now..don't get me wrong, after today's news of even the slightest progress, I am still holding onto a little hope that things will occur on their own but if they don't, I am putting my full trust in God's plan.