Due Date

Today is my due date... No baby. I went to the doctor's this morning and there were only a few minor changes. Nothing to write home about.

First thing first...a few weeks back - 36 weeks - Dr. Baker told me I would go early. Well Mike and I rushed around to get everything done. Things like getting our travel system and getting them into the cars. Getting my overnight bag together etc. I tried not to rely too much on what he said. I didn't want to get my hopes up. But as always, there was a part of me that really thought I was going to go early. Obviously...not the case.

At 37 weeks there was no change. Still a centimeter dilated and about 60% effaced.

At 38 weeks I met with the midwife and she said the same thing as the previous 2 weeks - 1 cm and about 60% effaced. Now at this appointment she brought up a previous conversation we had had about her being the one to deliver my baby. I really liked her and wanted her to be there. She told me that if she wasn't on call and if I really wanted her to deliver my baby, then she would come in if she didn't have anything going on. I said ok. I wasn't a huge fan of her during that appointment. She basically wasn't telling me what I wanted to hear.

My 39 week appointment was with Dr. Baker again. No real change again. Although he said he thought I felt about a centimeter and half and only 50% effaced. But said everything looked good.

So now since my 39 week appointment I have stopped working. I've been very uncomfortable and can't sleep, my feet keep swelling...I'm irritable. I am just plain miserable. I want to have my membranes stripped or use the gel! These two methods usually help the labor along.

Now that I've filled you all on the past few weeks...I had my appointment today. I met with the midwife. The last time I saw her I didn't really care for her. Today she was fine. I voiced my concern about having a big baby, not wanting a c-section and that I wanted to know if they could speed up the labor process. She first listened to the heart beat. It was fine. Then she measured me. Fine. Then came the internal. This time it hurt when she was feeling around. I'm 2 centimeters dilated and about 80% effaced. My cervix is still really far back but she said that during the process of labor it comes down or comes forward...something along those lines. She went on to tell me that they won't do the inducing until 41 weeks. That's when I asked about them scrapping the membranes or using the gel. She said that since she wasn't on call this weekend she didn't really want to speed up my labor! In my head I'm thinking, "me and my big fat mouth!!! At this point I don't care WHO delivers my baby!!!"

So now I have an appointment in the birthing center to be hooked up to a monitor to check the baby's heart rate. I guess they do this when you go past your due date. That's on Monday at either 10 or 10:30. I also have an ultrasound scheduled for June 11 at 1:45. Again they do this ultrasound when you're past due.

So another disappointing doctor's appointment...I'm all annoyed and upset. I just want this baby to be born!!!

xoxo,
Deidra

Still no baby...

eerrgghhh!!! Why won't you come out baby Moulton?! I'm getting annoyed!

Ok so I've been a really bad blogger these past few weeks, but can you blame me?! We closed on the house on May 15, 2009 and started painting, moving, cleaning ever since then! This past weekend we finished moving all of our crap outta the trailer! Thank god for Tarsha, Rocky & Linda! Linda packed up my entire kitchen, Rocky and Tarsha cleaned the entire place! It was spotless! We got our security deposit back which is what I cared most about!!

The new place is now a mess!! My family and Mike's family and our friends have been coming up to help us clean! Thank god for all of you!! Steve and Lindsay gave us an awesome new light fixture! I can't wait to get that installed.

I stopped working last week. It was getting to be too much for me. Working (driving an hour in and home), sitting all day, being miserable, trying to pack up the trailer, trying to unpack and clean the new place...so Thursday was my last day! So all this week (it's only Tuesday) I've been running around! I got my car inspected yesterday - well actually, it failed - went and got a crib mattress and did some laundry at Linda's house! Our washer and dryer haven't been set up yet so we have "outsource" our laundry! What a pain in the butt!!

Ok so my car is a failure! Last year it failed because I needed new tires. So I went out and bought 4 brand new tires for like $475. This year I knew I had a license plate bulb out. No biggie. That would be like a $5 fix. Well...after waiting an HOUR for a state inspection - the guy - whom I don't like - comes out to "talk for a minute". Well I had another light bulb out and I have this star in my windshield that is "in my line of vision". That's total B.S. I had that star last year and it wasn't an issue. So I put up a bit of a stink. So I'm not going back to the dealership to have my car "fail" again. They want me to replace my entire windshield. No flippin' way. I go to the dealership cause they give me free state inspections. I'll pay the $30 to get the crack filled and another $30 to have someone else pass it! Rather than spend $200 on glass!

Well I suppose I need to get some unpacking done. This part sucks. I also want this baby to come! I'm sick of waiting! It's gonna be a HUGE baby! It's gonna be well done!

xoxo,
Deidra