They called me today, and apparently, Dr. Helmken has to do an emergency c-section tomorrow morning. My thought: how emergency can it be if she can predict that she'll have to do it? I thought "emergency" c-section meant that it happened during a labor already in progress... oh well. Semantics. Either way, we've been rescheduled for Wednesday at 10:15.
Yes, I'm a little annoyed by it, but I realize they can't help it. I really wanted to go in tomorrow to see if I've made any progress at all. Oh well. It's just one day.
I thought I'd go ahead and share one last belly shot. At least, I hope this is the last one. I hope the next pictures you see of me are in a hospital gown and I'm holding our daughter.
Here you go:
Yes, I'm very large.
I'm very uncomfortable, and my belly button here makes my belly look all pointy since it's sticking out. I'm very tired of being pregnant. The "fun" has worn off, and I'm just ready for Stella to arrive. My back and hips hurt, and I'm almost always uncomfortable in any position.
I've been walking a lot, and I try and take the stairs at every opportunity. I keep saying, "Come out!" I don't think she's listening...
On a positive note, I've been having contractions again. I hadn't really had any there for about a week and a half.
On Saturday, we had our friends Kerry and Chris over and we were playing that amazing Michael Jackson Wii game - soo fun! - and I was hoping to get Stella moving with dancing around. Well, that night, I woke up to repeated contractions. I had 3 in a row, all seven minutes apart. I was excited, and then it all fizzled out into nothing. Since then, I've been having random contractions. On the way home, I had four contractions, about 10 minutes or so apart, and nothing came of it. Not yet anyway, but I don't expect anything to happen.
Now, I'm just cramping and feeling a lot of pressure. I really hope she'll make her appearance in the next couple days, at least this week. I'm tired of being kicked like crazy, and I'm tired of feeling like a walrus and being sweaty like a pig all day. I guess she'll come when she comes.
We'll update everyone on the doctor's appointment on Wednesday, and I sincerely hope we don't make it to then. Although, I'm guessing we will. I'm already starting to just get bummed and expect for this to go on forever... and lead to an induction well after my due date.
