39 Weeks

At my 39 week appointment I was hoping that I would have dilated to 4cm since I had been progressing each week. Before we started the exam I asked her about stripping my membranes and what her opinion is on that. She told me that she could do it at this exam since I am pretty much at my due date and it would take about 30 seconds. She said sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. I told her that we would see how much I have dilated then we will decide. She did my exam and said that I was at 3.5cm (which, is still an improvement) she said “ok, you want me to do it?” I said sure! It didn’t hurt as much as it was just tender. It isn’t much worse than the exam itself. It didn’t take long either. After that she said that we would make another appointment for the next week and check on all of the baby’s vitals. She will check her heart, positioning, and water level in the bag. If everything looks good then I will just keep on trucking and won’t have to be induced. Once I left the office I started having the menstrual cramping again. It keep getting worse as I got home. Andrew went and got us subs and we had an early dinner just in case we had to run to the hospital. After about 3 hours the cramping stopped all together. We went to sleep about 9:00 and I said a little prayer that I would wake up in the middle of the night in labor. When I woke up this morning to the alarm I was so disappointed. We went ahead and got ready for work this morning and I have noticed that I am having the menstrual cramping again so I have been writing it down just in case it turns into something else. I kinda figure why bother. Compared to the cramping I had last night I know this isn’t anything. I am praying that she will come this weekend. I will do anything to keep from being induced. I want her to come out on her own.