I just spent over an hour reading my emails and going through my blogrolls. I have two. The one that is on my sidebar to the left and the one in my bookmarks section. My sidebar needs to be updated desperately but I just haven’t gotten around to it. So if you know that I read your site and I haven’t linked to you yet, I will. Someday soon.
One thing I HAVE gotten around to is finally tackling the closet in the hallway. It’s the last frontier of my decluttering project, and I’ve been saving it for last. Okay, I’ve just been avoiding it. Because it contains much in the way of sentimental keepsakes that serve no function besides light reminiscing and taking up space. I need the space to house more important things like work materials, sleeping bags for all that camping we do, and Christmas supplies that we use once a year (the candles that would melt in the garage).
Almost daily I open those closet doors and stand there and stare at the contents for a few minutes. Then I close the doors and walk away, thinking “I’ll get to it when I have more time.” Yesterday after my doctor’s appointment I had nothing but time. Plus the doctor lit a fire under me with an offhand comment that I might have to be induced early because my baby is getting so big.
Um…what?!
After a totally routine appointment – good BP, good weight, good measurements, good urine – we were walking to the front desk and he said I might think about getting things going early. I told him absolutely, I’m in. As long as it’s after April 15 (I’ll be 39 weeks and my dad arrives that day to be here for Kyle). He gave me a stern look and said “Well, we’ll see. We don’t want this baby getting too big.”
But! But!
Okay, so I’m not going to panic. Overall I trust his judgement and I think that whatever is in the baby’s best interest is the right thing to do. However:
-I don’t want to have the baby until AFTER Kyle’s birthday (April 10)
-I don’t want to have the baby until AFTER April 15 (to have coverage for Kyle)
-I don’t want to have one of those inductions that turns into a C-section because my body is not ready to give birth.
-Dude, the doctor doesn’t know how big the baby is! He didn’t even feel around in there yesterday! Next week we’ll know more. I’m just glad Stewart is on spring break so he can come with me and witness whatever goes down.
Needless to say, part of the closet-rearranging yesterday involved hauling out the newborn clothes, the Boppy, the baby monitor, etc. I guess I should kick it up a notch. But first I’m going to JC Penney’s sweet sale – the one with the chocolate bars – to continue my search for new bedding for the guest bed. Nice life, huh?
Deep breaths girl. It’s going to work out how it’s going to work out, whether you want it to or not. So there’s no point in stressing it OK? 🙂
It will be okay. You have plenty of friends for coverage with Kyle.
I was begging the doctor to induce with Jackson, and literally cried each time he said I was not ready. I could not wait to end being pregnant. I agree with you on the body not being ready. C-Section is pretty darn good in my opinion, but I would not want to have to go through 20 hours of labor first. Jacks was breech, so there was not choice once we got there.
Good luck. Happy shopping….
Lauretta’s daughter was 11 POUNDS!!!! And I don’t think she had a c-section. Laura was just shy of 10 LBS. and she slipped out just fine. Not to worry honey. (but it’s good to be ready…)
So, here’s the thing, Peanut will be fine and you will arise to the occassion whatever the occassion is. I have no fear, but Just in case, my beeper is now officially in my bedroom and I”m in for whatever you need as long as I can fit in between my daily sojourn to UCLA.- 3 down, 25 to go
Awww, Kim! Don’t worry too much. Like you said, the doctor didn’t even feel around!!! I’ll keep you in my thoughts though!
MMM, chocolate and shopping! Brilliant idea. Good luck with the closet. It’s always hard to actually get started, but once you do the time will fly. Think of how great you’ll feel after!
This is totally YOUR choice. Your doctor can give you his opinion – and you take it into account because he has lots of education – but you are the one who makes the decision. Question is, how big is baby relative to your pelvis, not how big is baby, period. Some women have trouble with an eight-pound baby; most don’t. (When I taught prenatal classes, the average weight of about 500 babies I knew was 8 lb 1 ounce.)
FWIW, my cousin was 11 pounds – vaginal.
My son was just shy of 10, and he slipped out the standard way in just under an hour and a half! My nephew, 10 and a half, vaginal.
So, no panic necessary. 🙂