Baby news

So, Alex is stubborn. Apparently almost as or more so than his sister. His sister insisted she be born when she wanted, by putting a hole in the membranes. He refuses to be born until he says so. I'm at 40 weeks today. I had a long 2 hour appointment at the doctor's office today. Everything looks fine, but I'm done. The doctor did an ultrasound to check amniotic fluid levels, which turned out to be in the normal range. He checked my cervix. Still absolutely closed. No change. I'm trying not to stress about it because I wasn't really open with Claire before I went into labor anyway and it progressed fine. Then they wanted to do fetal monitoring. I got to wear a big band on my belly and they put on the fetal heart rate monitor and the contraction monitor. I kind of laughed at the contraction monitor, but I was actually having a few while I sat there. Nothing major though. And I had to push a button every time he moved. For the first 20 minutes, Alex just slept. He didn't really move at all. So they told me to drink some cold water. Nothing. A few minutes later, they brought me some juice. After I drank that, he woke up and started moving around, which satisfied them. So I ended up in the monitor room for about an hour. Then, when the nurse took the strip to show the doctor, he was missing. Turns out, he ran out to do an emergency c-section without telling his office nurses. But I do have an end in sight. Monday morning I go in again for more monitoring and an ultrasound with the technician to check fluid levels. If things look bad, we will induce immediately. If they look okay, I go in Tuesday night to be induced. Woohoo. I'm so not excited. I want this thing to be over with, but I would like it to be on my terms. The doc told me that if they induce me and my cervix doesn't cooperate, then I have a 30% chance of c-section. Also, on a slightly unrelated topic, labor and delivery is totally booked next week with planned c-sections and inductions. But, if I don't go into labor before then, I "medically" bump an elective because I'll be at 41 weeks and am therefore more important. So that is the update. We will have a baby by next Wednesday one way or another. I'm hoping and praying he will come sooner than that. (Have I mentioned I am so over being pregnant?)