New Birthday Coming Up!!!

Mark your calendars...Baby Boy Hedin is scheduled to arrive this coming Monday, October 10th!!

I went in for a simple blood pressure check yesterday (which was barely in the normal range) and my doctor happened to be available to chat after. The chat turned into an exam (still only dilated 1.5) and serious conference about how it is a greater risk for me to stay pregnant at this point (due to my crazy blood pressure fluctuations) than it is for the baby to be born.

At one point in this conference I heard him say..."we could induce you today..." and panic set in. I really want to give my body all the chances I can to get the baby here when it is ready. Inducing me could cause stress to the baby and increases the possibility of a c-section. Both of those possibilities scare me.

I guess the risk to my own body of developing pre-clampsia should be very scary to me too. Logically I can see the reason to be induced, but psychologically I want to fight it. In my desperation I found myself saying dumb things like, "But, we have an appointment scheduled for Tuesday...don't you want to have an appointment on Tuesday?" 

In the end the doctor and I came to a compromise. We both felt ok about holding off until Monday  (no later) so that the baby had one last chance over this weekend to come on his own.

And do you know what? I think the baby must understand my desperation. Yesterday a few hours after I got home, I think I finally felt some contractions for the first time. Today, I've also had a few. Maybe sometime this weekend they will become regular and we can beat the scheduled birthday. Here's to hoping!