Maybe I'm supposed to be shy about constantly updating the internet about my cervical changes, but perhaps too bad for you internet, I could talk about my cervix all day long with no shame. That said, this week, there are no changes to report. I am still dilated to one centimeter and I'm 50% effaced. The doctor checked my chart and confirmed that I'm more or less progressing at the same rate as I did with Alex (by 38 weeks I was 1 cm and 60% effaced). It seems the best I could hope for is to have the baby naturally by his due date of June 16th.
And then there's that June 9th induction date to discuss. I've had a week to worry about being induced and I have to admit, I'm totally chickening out. My labor and delivery with Alex went off without a hitch. I went into labor naturally and aside from the disappointing-only-worked-for-two-hours-out-of-the-36-that-I-was-in-labor epidural, I required no other intervention. What if the baby's not really ready? What if my body isn't really ready? I don't want to make the labor and delivery any harder than it needs to be. I'm leaning towards just sucking it up and waiting it out (and giving all my family and friends earplugs so they don't have to listen to me whining) and let things go their own natural course. Of course, I'm keeping my induction date on the schedule for June 9th, just in case.
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