Well, I again didn't update my blog for a while now. I think I'll go back to being 37 weeks pregnant and update from there.
37 weeks appointment I had my first internal exam and so far no progress, except the doctor did say my cervix was soft. As usual, they checked the heartbeat, urine, and weight. She also checked if the baby was still in the right position and apparently she thought my baby girl was breached at that point. She sent me to do the u/s and the external version if necessary. My appointment for EV was scheduled for the following day. I was worried about the procedure and the stuff that I've read online didn't help either. At that point I wanted to agree on a c-section if the baby was breached. Mr. V came with me and they started with the u/s and guess what? My baby girl was head down just like she needed to be :) I was sooo happy and relieved. I also had the NT test done and we passed after 25 minutes.
38 weeks appointment No progress, checked heartbeat, urine, and weight
39 weeks appointment Not dilated, cervix a little bit more thinned out. Checked for heartbeat, urine, and weight. I asked the doctor what will be the plan if my baby girl wouldn't come on her own. She said we still have time. Babies usually come a week before or after the EDD.
40 weeks appointment Not dilated. Checked the heartbeat, urine, and weight (which at the end of the pregnancy was 164, that is 40lbs of gained weight, ehh)We finally talked about the plan. She informed me that she didn't like her patients to go over 41 weeks, so my induction was scheduled for November 17. Mr. V and I were supposed to go to the hospital the day before to start the induction process. At that point, I remembered that when I was setting up my appointments a few months back, I was kind of laughing about having an appointment for 40 and 41 weeks. I was so sure that my baby would come early, but apparently she had a different plan.
