Today is Mollee's birthday, she is 5! 5 years ago today, i thought i was dying.. ha. I hope this time is better :) We took her to the mall last night and got her ears pierced for her birthday, even though sean wanted to wait til she was older, he caved last night so we went. She cried a bit, but now she can't stop looking at herself in the mirror..
I need to get my second ones redone at some point, but i have to wait until i don't have a bunch of BSL3 work to do because you can't wear any jewelry in the lab.
Well, we go see the doctor today at 315.. i know she is going to talk about induction with me but i am going to see how long I can get it delayed next week. I have decided if i have to be induced, i am going to ask for Cervadil (a prostaglandin gel that can be removed if the contractions become too strong) instead of pitocin or cytotek. Cervadil has a much lower risk of uterine rupture. before any of that happens, i will try castor oil though. It is the one home induction method i have not tried yet..
I am still having contractions like crazy. Yesterday, i felt horrible. I woke up at 420 am with contractions every 8-9 minutes for 2 hours. I stayed awake until after i took Mollee to school and then came home and took a nap for 1.5 hours. I had contractions later that afternoon that felt more like a stomach ache and were 5 min apart for an hour and then they stopped. I was really thinking that was it. Apparently it wasn't, but i think something must be going on down there.
Last night I downed a dinner portion of super spicy thai soup which has been my number one craving for the last trimester ( i have probably had this soup about 6 times in the last two weeks.. it is so fabulous). It is a spicy broth with cilantro, mushrooms, bok choy, and scallions and then it has these giant pork dumplings floating in it.. Mmmmmmm...
Well, anyway, i went to bed early because i felt horrible and tired from my mere 5.5 hours of sleep.. If i fall asleep before sean, i can sleep somewhat better but he crowds me all the time now when he is asleep, whereas i used to be the one that crowded him and he gets all mad in his sleep when i tell him to scoot over. He tried sleeping in the recliner last week for about 45 min and said he couldn't and then he tried the couch cushions for about 2 hours, but couldn't sleep on those either. I feel bad kicking him out of the bed, but I can not sleep.. which is killing me!!
Well, hopefully this baby will come out (on his own) soon and then i can get a decent night's sleep. I've been reading articles this morning on painless childbirth (there is such a thing!) and i am going in with the attitude that these are natural processes of organs and muscles doing what they need to do. i was a little freaked out last week about the whole thing, but i feel very accepting now. The only thing i am nervous about now is being induced because i want to stay mobile, and i will have to be in the bed if i have pitocin.. bleh.
Wish me luck at the dr today!! Sprinkle some uterus dust for me!
KP
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