Last Sunday, the day I was considered full term (37 weeks) I started loosing what they call "the plug" and was having cramping and contractions all day. I was so sure Carson would arrive that week that we ended up skipping church even though we got all the way to the church parking lot. We ran to the store to buy Carson a Christmas outfit and some Christmas jammies. Then we came home and cleaned our house to perfection. That evening we met our parents for dinner at Black Angus to celebrate Jordan's 26th birthday. Then Jordan and I went walking at the mall to get this baby out! At the mall we bought Carson a baby's first Christmas ornament. I continued cramping all night until about 4am as well.
On Monday morning I had to use the bathroom a lot and was nauseous (another sign that labor is close!). I was so sure I wouldn't make it through the entire school week so I wrote sub plans for the whole week. Well the contractions died down and here I am an entire week later still pregnant. I had an appointment on Wednesday and I was still only dilated to a 1cm, but my doctor said that I had thinned out a lot. She said it doesn't sound like a lot of progress, but it actually is. Bah-hum-bug! I am so excited to meet this little guy and I was excited that we may be able to have him a week or two before Christmas so we could still celebrate with family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and not be zombies.
Ever since my appointment I have continued to loose "the plug" and I have been having contractions and cramping on and off. Nothing consistent and nothing too strong, but Jordan and I have been trying to take at least one walk a day. This is much more progress than I ever had with Laney, so I may be in for a VBAC instead of a C-section, but only time will tell. Please keep us in your prayers!
My next appointment is Wednesday and I am debating if I should have the doc check me, because that is just 2 days before Christmas Eve and I don't want it to make me progress even more. At that point it would be nice if Carson would just wait until after Christmas, but I know only God has control over when this little man arrives. It very well may be Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and we will all survive, but I know our family would be bummed out as we would to not celebrate with them. However, we would get the best Christmas present ever! :)
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