#2 38 Weeks

Finally the end! So this week we have tried everything to get labor jump started on its own! Knowing that we will be induced on my birthday is giving me the strength to try everything! At my doctor’s appointment I was 4cm dilated and about 50% effaced! So that was great news and surprising because I have had a few contractions here and there, but nothing consistent! We tried all the obvious stuff! Sex, walking, jumping jacks, hot sauce, spicy food, lunges, using my breast pump, walking up and down 7 flights of stairs at work, a bumpy car ride, and primrose oil, and none of it worked! I am totally convinced now that when people say that these ideas “sent them into labor” it was totally just a coincidence! We went and had another ultrasound and the baby is measuring over 8 lbs and is in good position! We are just waiting now! So back to the doctor we went for our 38 week check up! I am now 4.5cm dilated and 75% effaced! So I hardly made any progress! After getting the size of the baby from the ultrasound, me not making much progress, and being sooooo uncomfortable we deicide to induce at 39 weeks! And guess when 39 weeks is, YEP IT IS ON MY BIRTHDAY! I really had an issue with this at 1st, but now I cannot think of a better present to have on my birthday! So #2 and I will be sharing a birthday forever! So until the 5th……