38 Week Appointment

Today, I had my 38 Week OB appointment. Let's just say that the appointment was boring. In my book, boring is good. No, boring is great! I like boring because that means everything is okay. Normal blood pressure, normal urine tests, normal heart beat. Group B Strep was negative. I am not even sure what that is; all I know is that I have never had it with the others.

For the first time this pregnancy, I was checked down there. I could have told this doctor not to bother because I knew that nothing was going on. Sure enough, the cervix is still high and sealed shut. Not even a little movement. This is how it was with Gabriel and Jeremiah at this point as well.

I told her that I thought the baby would come late. She asked me why I thought that since I have never been 40 weeks before. I replied that I was induced with all the others, twice unwillingly, once by choice. So, I asked her how long she would let me go if I were late. She replied that she would give me one week and only one week. That means, if she is rigid in her one week rule, this baby will be here on or before December 5. I guess we will cross that bridge when and if we get to it, but her day to deliver babies is on Fridays, so I am wondering if she might let me go until the 7th so she could deliver the baby and not some doctor that I have never met before. Of course, if I go into labor on my own, then I get who I get, and that is fine, but if I have to undergo another forced induced labor, I would at least like to know the doctor.

So that was that. Boring. Boring except that I don't like her one week rule. Let's hope we don't get to that point though.