So I am 38 weeks and 5 days, 2cm dilated, 80-90% effaced. The conclusion of this weeks appointment was that my cervix is ripe and ready but my uterus is not ready. Whether it's the baby or my brain that triggers the uterus to get ready for labor the message has not been sent and/or received. (When the doctor was saying that the medical community is not sure if it's the baby or my brain that signals the start of labor my immediate thought was..."It's not my brain because I have been sending that message over the load speaker for months).
Last week at 37 weeks we were identical to today in measurements and the week before I was almost 1 cm, 80% effaced. At week 36 they first checked me and I lost my mucus plug in one big chunk that night and then at 37 weeks they stripped what was left of my membranes. Clearly my cervix has been holding up it's end of the bargain but my uterus on the other and is not pleasing me right now. At almost 39 weeks it is far behind where we were with Afton. With Afton at this point I was stop, start, stop, start but it occured to me the other day that my uterus really isn't contracting much. My Ob says that is normal and happens but I am totally bummed. Thankfully my OB was kind enough to agree to "socially" induce me as she called it. I guess she is inducing me to get rid of me, the pest, works for me! She said she could do it Monday, January 30 as she has call but Mark has a final so we are coming in after his final that night at 10pm.
I was cleaning out my filing cabinet yesterday and came upon all of Afton's hospital paperwork and came upon some great information:
On 12/13/2009 the night I went into labor with Afton I was 4cm, 80% effaced, -2 at 2300 when we arrived.
I ruptured at 0230
was 10 cm at 0250
and gave birth at 0351
1st stage of labor= 410 minutes
2nd = 61 min
rupture to delivery=81 minutes
3rd stage= 4 min
I am so excited to see how this birth compares since I am being induced.
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