37 weeks 4 days pregnant ~ Dr. Appointment

Ok, so as most of you know, I had my 38 week check up today and I just felt like today was the day that progression would be made.... boy was I wrong. Blakely is sitting comfortably in my uterus weighing in at a solid 6 lbs 3 ozs! I am not dilated yet, and it appears that Dr. Williams feels that nothing is going to happen until possibly my due date :( wah wah wah. I am so SO anxious to meet our little man, and I am going crazy trying to grasp the fact that I have NO CONTROL over this whole situation. I was just very disappointed, as any 38 week preggo mama would be, that no signs of labor are currently in my future. Although I was supposed to go back to the Doctor on Monday to see if POSSIBLY, and that is now a BIG POSSIBLY, I would be ready to induced next Thursday the 5th, my Dr. is now scheduled to go on vacation and I cannot see him again until next Thursday for a check up. He offered to check me again this Friday to see if I had progressed any, but I decided to wait until next Thursday to give my body a little more time. If my body and baby are ready, I have a tentative induction date next Friday the 6th, but it has been written in pencil and can easily be erased if I have not dilated by next week.

I will now revoke my statement in last week's blog post. Friday will not be my last day of work after all. I do not want to waste a week, or maybe more, of my maternity leave waiting on that Thursday appointment next week, and if I have to wait until my due date, or longer, that will be even more time I don't have with Baby B when he gets here. I encourage my co-workers, that are also my friends,  to go ahead and forgive my mood swings or emotional breakdowns that might occur as we travel further into the weeks ahead. We are in this together guys and I appreciate your support :)

Today I am thankful for my friends who calmed down my hormones and encouraged me to BE PATIENT these last two, or few weeks. Like I said before.... anxious is the only word that describes me these days. I am so very thankful for a healthy Baby and a healthy pregnancy and I am attempting to relax and take it all in as we await Blakely's arrival..... Thank you all for the prayers and support.......