In ONE WEEK!!

In one week, mommy will be induced! Ahhhhh!! I can't believe it. Now that the time is here, I just can't believe it. For so long I've been praying that we at least make it to 37 weeks and now that its here, its like, oh man, still too soon! Dr. G said that since my blood pressure still is high that he thinks its safe to induce me now that she's happy and healthy and fully grown. He predicts she's around 7lbs. He says my mild pre-e can turn worse and start to distress my body and the baby and he'd rather induce now than wait for a complication. I've had very conflicting emotions with this news. All this time I've been fearing induction because of the possible cascade of intervention that I've been learning about. If I get pitocin, the contractions will start so strong instead of me naturally getting used to them starting off softly. Then I will need an epidural to deal with the pain. The either the baby will be indistress and need a c-section or my labor will stall and i'll still need a c-section. This has me very scared and worried as a c-section is the last thing I wanted. It doesn't help that NJ has one of the highest c-section rates in the country! :( But at this point, all I can do is hope and pray that it all goes well. In the meantime I have found some natural induction methods that we will try and see how it goes.

On to positive news, its really nice knowing exactly when baby will come. We can scramble to get the house ready, get last minute things done, and most importantly, we were able to switch the Grandma's flights to arrive before the princess does. So they will be here for their very first grandchild's birth! Both Grammy's are beyond excited! Momma's mommy arrives Sunday night and Daddy's mommy arrives Wednesday night (night before the induction). We are very happy and excited. Momma is very excited that Grammy will get to see her pregnant with a big belly and feel the little princess as she moves. How blessed are we!?