Grumble, part 2
January 13, 2010Today I was 1 cm dilated. Yes, that’s half a centimeter less than last week. I’m choosing to believe that the midwife last week was trying to make me feel good and that my cervix is not actually going in reverse, but still. 1 cm at one day past my due date? Not cool. I’m 50% effaced and the baby is low, so at least there’s that. And for the moment, anyway, he is not posterior, so unless he flips over, I shouldn’t have back labor this time (and now that I’ve said that, watch him flip over!).
I’m so frustrated. I am so over being pregnant. My feet are so swollen that even my one-size-up-from-usual shoes don’t fit anymore. I’m walking around in flip flops… in January! There’s so much fluid in my hands that I can’t bend my fingers all the way. The baby is so low in my pelvis that I can barely walk. I can’t sleep at all. I have to pee every 10 seconds. It sucks. Plus, I want to meet our baby boy!
The midwife swept my membranes today, which should theoretically send me into labor within 48 hours… if the baby is ready to come out. If he’s not, it won’t do a damn thing. After that? I have a non-stress test (NST) scheduled for Monday that I’m desperately hoping to not need. If the baby is okay during the non-stress test, they’ll re-sweep my membranes and schedule me for another NST and an ultrasound three days later to check fluid levels. If I make it to the second NST and ultrasound and the fluid levels are okay, they’ll try a castor oil induction (which would still let me deliver at the birth center). If even that doesn’t work, we’ll be continuing with NSTs and membrane sweeps every few days. As long as the baby is okay, we won’t need to be induced at the hospital until the 26th; but if the baby starts showing signs of distress at any point, they’ll send me for a hospital induction immediately.
All of that sounds very exhausting, so everyone please keep your fingers crossed that baby boy decides to show up on his own within the next couple of days. :-\
All my positive vibes are flowing your way right now. That baby boy is gonna pop out soon. All will be well!
For the swelling, maybe P could do some massage with strokes moving up the limb to get the fluid moving in the right direction. Just not for too long (just a couple min.), don’t want to raise the BP.
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This is a big time blah situation. They get their lateness honestly and they get it from me. For that, I apologize.
I wish I could make you less miserable. But that’s completely on #2. But you better believe he is grounded once he comes out!
Laur, I think I might actually be too swollen for that to work… but I’m not one to pass up a massage under any circumstances, so we’ll try that tonight.
Thanks!