Not wanting to have a child on I-74...

My labor with Canaan was pretty quick (5 1/2 hours) and scary with nearly having to have an emergency c-section. This time around labor will likely be shorter (potentially much shorter). Plus we live about an hour from the hospital and have a little man to pack up! I felt for a little while there that my the doctors at my OB's office weren't understanding my quick labor fears - one of them (the OB who is also former Bengal's cheerleader and not the smartest cookie in the jar) actually did affirm this fear but told me that babies born in cars are usually fine and to just have string and towels ready (WHAT?!).

Thankfully at my last couple appointments I've been getting a lot more support (from the other doctors in the practice). Now the plan is (unless I do go into active labor) for a decision to be made at each of my OB appointments - starting at 37 weeks - whether to send me over to deliver. It's such a relief that my doctors might send me to be "induced" (for me induction just means breaking my water. No Pitocin is necessary when my body's been wanting labor for four months!)! Hopefully now I'll stop having dreams about delivering Ezra in our bathroom! And who knows, one of our appointment dates is 11/11/11, so that would be pretty sweet! :)

UPDATE FROM MONDAY (as you could probably guess) -

BJ and I are so excited to meet our sweet Ezra, but we're pretty thrilled that didn't happen yesterday! Our little guy is growing well (5lb, 12oz) and everything looks great!

Week 35 Update... Countdown to Ezra

So the biggest news is that this past week Ezra very officially dropped -- two weeks earlier than Canaan did -- making walking even more interesting (any movement on my part means both a contraction and managing the uncomfortable feeling of a very low baby)!

Friday we had a very interesting OB appointment. We found out that...

• I am 1cm dilated, confirmed that the baby has dropped - he is LOW (the doctor could feel that the baby's head is shaping to my pelvis so we should expect a cone-headed little babe).


• While I am now officially scheduled to be induced on November 22nd at 39 weeks, I was told not to expect to make it that far (probably a safe assumption).


• Lastly - probably because Ezra has dropped - my belly is measuring at 30 weeks (5 weeks too small). We are going to have an ultrasound on Monday to be sure he hasn’t stopped growing since the last time we took a peek at him. If there is a growth restriction issue then they might send me to have him on MONDAY... like tomorrow. Obviously we’re hoping that he’s growing fine and I’m just small! If we can avoid the NICU by hanging on another couple of weeks that would be so wonderful.

Another big thank you to my sister Julie for snapping a couple pics of me and my belly!