Well we thought things were progressing and that the baby would be here sooner rather than later. But nature is a funny thing. Once she decided to flip head down, little Miss Abby decided she was comfortable afterall. I had my doc appt. this week and haven't made any progress as far as trying to deliver her naturally. So the c-section is set for the 9th.
The doc kept commenting on how big this baby is. I am sure she will look gigantic compared to Kd and Ky. Ky was 5 lb 4 oz and Kd 3 lbs 11. So yeah, this one is already guessed to be pretty huge. We're thinking close to, if not more than 9 lbs.
Clint's mom gets here tomorrow evening. Thank goodness! I love my other kids, but they are doing everything they can to drive me insane these last few days. I don't know if they are picking up on my anxiety over this baby not coming out, if they can tell something is about to change soon or what. Hopefully with Clint's mom here, it will ease that stress a bit.
Mon. morning I go in for pre-op labs and to talk to the doc. My last hope is that if I have dialated to a 3 then she may agree to rupture the amniotic sac and see if I will labor on my own. If not, then we have to go ahead with the planned c-section. I was really hoping to go natural, but Abby seems to want to come out a different way. They can't induce with medicine because I have already had a c-section, and the strong contractions from drugs could cause my uterus to rupture, which could kill the baby and myself. So natural is the only way other than the repeat c-section. The most they can really do at this point is rupture the sac if I am dialated enough. Which I am still only at a 1. So it's likely not going to happen. However, is anyone wants to offer up some "get that girl in to labor" prayers, we will accept any and all of those prayers! We have tried every home "remedy" out there that I feel safe trying. The doc said if what we have tried hasn't made a difference, then it's just not going to happen yet.
In addition to that stress, our laptop has contracted some ugly virus. It's useless for now. Which means my time on the internet is even less than before. Add a baby in to the mix, and it could be even longer between updates!
Add to that fun; we had applied for the kids to go to preschool this next school year. They were placed in the lottery, which apparently is a very fitting name since about 500 kids apply for a class that only sits 30. We live out of boundary, so we are even lower on the list for priority. Needless to say, they didn't get in. They are waitlisted at #105 and #158. I applied for 3 schools total, the other numbers they were assigned was in the 200's. So barring some CRAZY miracle, looks like preschool is out. So much for keeping my sanity going. I don't mind paying for preschool, the problem is I just don't know of any good, safe, close preschools around here. We live in the ghetto mind you. So the school they would have automatically been accepted in would have turned them in to drug dealers by the end of the school year, so yeah, no thanks.
So the next update you get from me will likely be after the baby is born. Set your dates for March 9th :)
