Today, May 11, is the original due date, and Elliott doesn't feel like she's going anywhere any time soon. We had our fingers crossed on May 9 (her revised due date), then again on May 10 (maybe she'd be a Mother's Day baby!) and of course today. I would love her to be a DIY (do it yourself) baby, but even more would love her to be born, so when my doctor suggested last week that we induce this Wednesday, May 13, Ryan and I were on board. For one, I don't want to waste my 12 weeks of maternity leave waiting and waiting and waiting for Elliott, as I desperately need that time to care for her before going back to work. Secondly, I am in so much discomfort and I don't think I can take any more of these horrible aches, pains, and contractions without going insane, and thirdly, Elliott is fully developed and ready to go.
So tomorrow I'm supposed to go to the doctor and see if there have been any changes to my cervix (btw, the being 80% effaced thing I was told by the nurse who checked me in the hospital was not accurate; the doctor said last week I'm only about 25-30%.) If nothing's happening yet, then I go into the hospital overnight so they can start "ripening" my cervix (yum!) Then the next morning I start getting the Pitocin and labor begins!
Of course, now that the element of surprise is removed and I know exactly when I'm going into labor (unless of course something happens on its own accord between now and tomorrow) I am freaking out just a bit. I can't stop crying randomly and I'm super-emotional, and even though we're as ready as we can possibly be, I can't stop worrying that there's still more that needs to be done.
(Oh, and I have a 40 week belly photo to post, but the camera is packed in one of our hospital bags and I don't feel like getting it because it hurts to move. So I'll post it later when I get a burst of energy or when Ryan my poor man-servant comes home...)
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