An interesting option to think about

I went to the doctor for my weekly check yesterday and got to meet the new Nurse Practitioner; I really like her a lot, and she brought up an interesting option. She asked me if any of the doctors had approached the idea of inducing labor at 39 weeks and whether I had any thoughts on the subject. No one had mentioned this before yesterday. She said that with Gestational Diabetes, they often consider induction a week before the actual due date to prevent the baby from growing too large. She then went on to say that my measurements were right on for the week that we're in and that nothing indicates at this point that Olivia is any bigger than average. She's engaged in the pelvis, and I remain at 1cm and 50% effacement from last week. I have been thinking about it, and I sort of like the idea of knowing when we'll go in to the hospital and being able to schedule induction at the end of a week so that David will be able to have a whole week at home with us (as opposed to having the baby on a Monday or Tuesday, not getting out of the hospital until later in the week, and then only having him home for a few days before he has to go back to work). I also like the idea of letting nature take its course and getting to experience "going into labor"--however, it wouldn't surprise me if this didn't happen anyway. David was 3 weeks late and I was 2 weeks late; I haven't been able to find any evidence that this could be a hereditary thing, but it just wouldn't shock me if she didn't come on time. We'll wait and see what happens I guess. We know we don't want her to come next week because we have concert tickets, and the following week David is taking his certification test for work. Maybe we'll shoot for the end of the 39th week...maybe we'll wait and see if she's late...I'll definitely be asking one of the doctors about it at my next appointment since this was the first time I ever met with the NP.

36 weeks down, 4 to go!

I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone -- it seems like yesterday when we found out we were expecting. The showers are finished and we went to the store the other night and bought a few things that were still left on the registry. The car seat bases have been installed, everything's been unboxed, untagged, washed, and put away. I guess we're ready for this baby, but I still feel like a fish out of water. I feel like I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with her when she actually gets here! I'm trying not to stress about it because I know it's counter-productive, but I feel like there's a huge final exam coming up and I have no idea what's on it.

I really need to learn to fly by the seat of my pants and just roll with the punches -- not an easy feat for me by any means, but I have no other choice!