I got to go to the doctor today since they were closed yesterday for the blizzard. She told me that since my platelet count was out of whack during my pregnancy (even though they are fine now) that I could be induced at 39 weeks if my cervix was "favorable". So she checked me and I was 3 cm and then she did what's called stripping the membranes, which is where my doctor seperates the amniotic sac from my cervix. It's supposed to release hormones and help labor get started. It really sucked and now I'm really crampy, but after she did that she said I was up to 4 cm dilated! We also scheduled an induction for Wednesday, December 16, but my doctor thinks I'll go into labor on my own before that! So yea! I'm just glad he'll be here well before Christmas.
I have to be at the hospital on the 16th by 6 am, which is nice and early, but the lady said that that means I'm the first of the list of three women getting induced that day, and if the floor gets busy with women having natural labors, that I'll be the last of the three to get bumped from the list. So I'm pretty much guaranteed to have Owen by/on the 16th. We'll see how it goes. I'm getting pretty excited/nervous/anxious now though, but I can't wait to meet him!
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