40 Weeks Come and Gone! The Wait Continues...

A quick update: No MagB just yet! Our last appointment was on Tuesday of last week and we still had no progress at that point, so doc scheduled and induction for Wednesday morning, the 27th. We are supposed to go in tomorrow at 5 p.m. to start the "ripening" process since at the time we were scheduled for the induction nothing was happening on its own. Then, early Sunday morning I started having contractions which lasted for most of the early morning. Then last night the contractions really started going - leaving me in no doubt that an epidural was in my future (so much for "keeping my options open...). So I called my Doc this morning only to be told that it "could be" I'm in the early stages of Labor and to try to sit tight at home unless things progress some more. (How painful do contractions have to get before I am officially in labor? That is what I want to know?!) Good news is, according to Doc, I am probably finally thinning out and dilating. So, long story short: we still wait. We have an appointment at 1:45 p.m tomorrow to check on things. I am hoping I am at least to a point where we can skip the "ripening" stage of the induction and get right down to business.

Poor Michael! I have awakened him in the wee hours of the morning for two nights now with the words: "Honey, I think it's time." And, like a trooper, he gets up and waits with me while I try to decide if it really is indeed time to load our bags and head to the hospital. He's been so great!

More tomorrow...