~ Today! ~

Yesterday I went back to the Dr. for another ultrasound and monitoring of the baby.  The baby was soooo sleepy!  It wouldn't stay awake for anything!  The nurse kept having to put a buzzer by it's head just to wake it up so it would move.  Baby ended up passing the test, it just took a lot of work to keep it awake in order to monitor it :)  The ultrasound showed that the amniotic fluid had dropped lower.  This week it was at 8.5 cm, last week it was 13 cm.  8.5 is still good.  Dr. said that by all of his measures baby looked healthy and could stay in there longer.  Good news!

Unfortunately, the Dr. I saw was the 'glass is half empty' Dr.  So after he said the decision was mine as to whether baby stayed in or I was induced, he proceeded to inform me of all of the risks that "could" happen because of my age and the fact that I was overdue.  He was only doing his job.  Good Dr.'s let you know what your risks are.  He then said he would send the nurse in with the hospital on-call schedule so I could choose a day that would work best for us!  So in reality, the choice to stay pregnant or be induced really wasn't a choice.  Oh, well...it sounded good :)  He said it would be best to choose a day before next Wednesday (42 week mark). 

One of my favorite Dr.'s goes on call tonight at 6 p.m.!  He delivered Sarah.  He is 1 (of 2) of the big 'bosses' in the practice.  He is one of the best!  He is a big, tall, towering man ~ very calm, very serene, he is like this huge teddy bear.  Awesome Dr.  During one point in Sarah's delivery, Daddy became a little concerned for Sarah.  He said when he saw how calm and relaxed the Dr. was, just patiently waiting for my body, and Sarah to do their thing, he relaxed.  He figured if the Dr. was that calm about the whole thing, it must be okay.  If Dr. was concerned he never showed it.

So, today is the day :)  We have to be there at 4 p.m. and they will induce.  With both Sarah and the twins, it took awhile once we got there for them to actually get to us.  I'm assuming that we won't have a little one in our arms until early Friday morning, but you never know :)

Talk to ya soon :)