3:45 update!!

they got me in!!!!! i go in at 5:00 for my induction!!! :) the nurse i spoke to today has been WONDERFUL and so helpful with getting me in :) im going to have to send them all flowers or something LOL she said that she'd get the room all cleaned up for me and try to get me a room with a window! :) hot diggity dog!! :)

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wont be able to post an update here any time soon - but if you are from the NW boards, an update will be posted there as soon as there is anynews... and if youre from the FF boards - my labor buddy will get information as soon as there is anything to share and im sure she'll update you all as well :)

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

induction day??!!?!?

well its here and i cant sleep. ive been up pretty much since about 2:40 this morning. i dozed for a tiny bit... but not much.

its about 6:00 now and i cant even cal for another two and a half hours. *sigh* i'll be updating here as i get more info. please please PLEASE let me get induced today!!

8:30a update: i just called and spoke to the charge nurse. she said they JUST had a couple deliveries and i should be able to get in around 11:00-11:30. then she asked the magic question and it went something like this:

her: when is your due date?
me: june 18th
her: you mean july?...*checks chart*..... oh.... oh youre WAY overdue.
me: ........... yeah.
her: what number baby is this for you?
me: number one
her: oh honey. yeah, you're first on my list. we'll probably have you come in around 11 or 11:30
me: so it looks good that it'll be today?
her: oh yeah. we're gonna get you in today. i'm going to do all i can to make sure of that!

yay!!! she's going to call me back when she knows better what time to have me come in - i'll update when she calls! :)


11:15a - UPDATE - well i just spoke to the nurse and she said the beds are filling up and they might actually have to go on bypass, which means that if women COME IN in labor, they may have to be sent to another hospital. *sigh* so i have to call back "every few hours" to check. :( :( :( i may have said some naughty words after hanging up. *SIGH*

quick update...

im still here :) waiting anxiously for monday... ive decided that he's going to be stubborn and wait - so monday it is! i will try to update again before i head for the hospital. im just hoping they can take me on monday - rumor has it that the hospital has been super busy and has bumped some inductions. oooooooh lordy - if they bump me i'll lose my mind!

anyway. caleb is hanging in there - moving around like normal and just getting settled in. HA! little does he know that in a few days we'll be forcing him out!!

due date!! 40 weeks

it is finally june 18th!! the day i have been waiting for since october 8th when i got my BFP!! i thought for sure "the baby" would be here by now... but now i know its caleb. and he's taking his sweet time!

im feeling pretty good - nothing more than the usual aches and pains... only more intensified i guess. i wasnt sure it was possible to be more uncomfortable than before, but let me assure you - IT IS. on saturday night i had some contractions though, so thats cool! at first i had some braxton hicks, where my tummyjust got tight and it felt hard to breathe... then a few hours later i had what felt like AF cramps down low that slowly spread to the top of my uterus as it got harder and harder, that would last for about a minute or so then go away for a bit... then come back. i started to get a little excited, then fell asleep and woke up a few hours later with nothing. *sigh* false start? perhaps. i promise if they start again i wont go to sleep!

aaaaaaaaaaaaanyway. everything feels lower when i stand or walk. it doesnt hurt really, it just feels like a lot of pressure when i stand up or walk around. and becuase im walkig like im getting paid by he step, that means i feel that almost all day. fun fun fun.

my next appt is wednesday and i hope that my midwife will check me. and good lord, i hope i have something to show for all of this!

if youve got "lets get labor started!" vibes laying around, i sure could use some! LOL

induction date! 39 week appt.

all righty - today was my 39 week appt! yay! my BP when i got there was high (for me anyway) at i think 143/87, but was down into the 125/70 range when i left... so thats good! all my aches and pains are normal (of course) and she checked me over again after hearing about my fall. we didnt do an internal, but thas fine because they are not comfortable at all and i really dont think ive made much - if any - progress.

HOWEVER. we did schedule an induction date because apparently those need to be scheduled waaaay in advance. so - if by some freakishly messed up twist of fate i am still pregnant on june 25th... they will induce me. oh please please please... dont let me still be pregnant on the 25th!!

so really not much happened today. :) his heart rate was down in the 140s - as low as its ever been - but he wasnt very active at the moment so he was probably sleeping. last night he was a cartwheeling maniac, which was fun! :) she also said that the 140s was completely healthy and nothing at all to worry about. yay!!

now come on caleb! we're ready for you! and there's a lot more room to stretch out here! :)

trip to L&D and update...

(ive typed this out a dozen times - so here's the email i sent to my family/friends so i dont have to type it again) :)

Yesterday afternoon I took a nosedive in the backyard and fell pretty hard. I hit my baby belly on the step to the deck (ouch!). I called Labor and Delivery (L&D) and they had me come in for monitoring. After 4 hours in triage all hooked up to gadgets, they decided to admit me for 18-24 hour monitoring just to be on the safe side since I was contracting. I couldn't FEEL the contractions, so I'm taking their word on that!

I spent the night in L&D at the hospital being monitored constantly. The good news is that everything looks GREAT! The nurses and doctors I saw all said that the baby didn't know anything was going on. His movements are great, his heartrate was steady and strong and all in all he looks pretty content in there!

They checked for everything - my water didn't break, and the fluid level around the baby looks good. They watched his movement on an ultrasound and said he looks busy :)

Anyway - I wanted to keep everyone updated. I am home now and doing fine. Some aches and pains from the fall (my knees are skinned) and sleeping (ha!) in the hospital bed... but other than that I'm just going to take it easy and try to mend my bruised ego a bit! :)

38 week appt

i had my appt this morning and everything looks great :) im 38 weeks but measuring 39 weeks which my midwife said was fine for now. i mentioned the swelling in my hands and the joint pain and she said that was normal - drink more fluids... soak my hands in cold water if that helps, blah blah blah - same old same old. she said the joint pain is carpal tunnel. its not BAD pain, but things like grabbing the steering wheel make them hurt, or holding a pencil even sometimes. joy. but she said that a couple weeks after the baby is born i'll start peeing like crazy and get rid of all the extra fluid, and when the swelling goes down, my hands wont hurt any more :)

the heartbeat was nice and strong (and fast!) - she said around 160 today. he was pretty active in the waiting room, so i think he was in the middle of his workout when we checked him LOL my pulse on the other hand was 126! holy smokes! she said thats normal as well. in fact, everything i mentioned she sad was normal... so im normal! yay! :) my BP was 106/67 - the lowest its been this pregnancy - which she said was great! no worries about pre-e (with the swelling and such) so thats really good.

i have my appts for the next two weeks... though hopefully i wont need them! no contractions though, no spotting, no mucous plug, no nothing. im ready to get a move on it though! ive been walking like crazy - trying to ignore the pain in my crotch/pelvis (which again, is normal). walking, no matter hw uncomfortable, really makes it feel like im moving along. when im done walking it feels like the little man is around my knees! LOL

anyway - there ya go. my update! OH! and court went well yesterday... i was out by 10:30a, so thats good. i gave my testimony for about 20-30 mins and was cross examined and re-crossed about 3 times! i guess they both wanted to make sure they understood me completely. good times. so i can call next weke to see when the actual trial date is set for. caleb will get to go to court! :)

darn it!

well... i just called - i have to go to court tomorrow. DARN IT. i dont want to go. i talked to the DA today and i explained that im 2 weeks away from d-day and she said that they would try to get my case up first... but there was no way to know for sure. joy.

so i had to call and cancel my OB appt for tomorrow and whenever they let me out of court tomorrow, i have to call and see if they can squeeze me in tomorrow or sometime on thursday. UGH.

meg - in response to your comment, they dont usually go to court. however, i found out the next day that my card # was taken and due to my quick thinking and action, we caught the girl using it! so she was arrested... which is awesome! :) but i had to go to court for her preliminary (the trial was set for 6/19, the day after my due date, its being bumped out to july to acommodate me - woo!) and then the one tomorrow is for the girl who actually TOOK my number along with about 3-4 other peoples number (shes a clerk at a store) and gave the numbers to her friends to use. so the first girl was her friend and tomorrow is the actual girl who took my number *whew* either way - its a long day for me to day "i dont know her and never gave her or anyone else authorization to use my card number."

*whew* so here ya go. and the real pisser? i have to BE there at 8:00 in the morning. its 45 mins away, which means i need to leave the house at 7:00a. which means i have to BE UP at 6:00a. that sucks so bad. im not a morning person. *sigh* but anyway. i'll update againa fter my appt... whenever that is!

38 weeks!

holy smokes! 38 weeks today! :)

im seriously into the "okay no really... ANY DAY NOW" mode. ive hit that wall where im just uncomfortable all the time. even when im sleeping, im uncomfortable. id give my right arm to sleep on my side for just one night and be able to alk in the morning. i swear - as soon as this monkey is born, im sleeping on my side. and i cant wait!!

and on top of the usual pregnancy aches and pains, any mosquito in a 20 mile radius has decided that the "amy buffet" is open 24/7. ive got about 5-6 bites that itch like crazy! i found a big honkin mosquito in my room last night so i shut my door and slept in the living room. *sigh* dad brought out the bug zapper and i'll be leaving it on in my room tonight to try to zap the little blood sucker. in the meantime ive got my benadryl cream in my pocket and slap it on a few times a day.

i have my next appt on wednesday - however i was also subpoenaed to court that day (looong story about getting my identity stolen months ago, i never thought it'd go anywhere so i never posted about it and here i am going to court *sigh*) so im on hold. i have to call the DAs office the night before to see if the prelim case is still being heard on wednesday and if it IS then i have to cancel my appt and call wed. after court to see if they can squeeze me in. and if it isnt going to be heard then i can go to my appt as scheduled and they will reschedule the prelim. which will (naturally) be within the next few weeks when i'll have a newborn to contend with. god times!

i'll keep everyone updated on that though - here's hoping i DONT have to go to court so i can go to my appt as usual and get a move on things... hopefully!!