Baby time :)

So tomorrow is the day! I'll go to the hospital, Piedmont Newnan, at 6am. I really like my mid-wife, but she is nothing like Dr. Moeling- and I'm not writing this just because I know she might be reading this). Let me explain:

Just for review, I have never gone into labor naturally. And I try not to get annoyed when I hear, "Well, eventually you will." Who wants eventually?

Baby 1- Erick: So sweet, but 9 days late. After being at a 2 for two weeks and having my membranes stripped(OW!), I was on pitocin for 5 hours and still had to have my water broken before he came. Then a couple hours with an epidural and fifteen minutes of pushing, Erick was born weighing 8lb 9oz.

Baby 2- Tripp: My water broke a week early- yay! No... I went to the hospital and they weren't 100% sure that my water broke so they sent me home with instructions of what to watch for and to come back if I needed to. That was around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. So at 8 the next morning, when I woke up to go to the bathroom, I felt smaller- well, I knew that my water had broken(I had been passing fluid all night).
So I went back, they tested me again and that's when I met Dr. Moeling, who informed me that usually when a woman's water breaks, she goes or is in labor. Usually. I guess I'm not usual, but I'm pretty sure I've written that in my profile :) So I waited the full 24 hours to see if my body would go into labor on it's own. To make a wonderful story short, a repeat of my delivery with Erick happened, except I opted to have an epidural in the beginning along with the pitocin, and Tripp came. And fast too by the time I needed to push- 2 pushes and the little guy was out, weighing a whopping 7lb 12oz, ha ha.

Baby 3- Christina: I was due on a Wednesday. So my doctor and I looked at her sked and I scheduled an induction for the Saturday before my due date when I knew my doctor would be on call. Everything was a pleasant blend of both my previous deliveries and Chrissy was born at 8lb and 4oz.

So what's in store for baby 4? I didn't have it all planned out, but I had a pretty good idea of what I would like to happen as long as my body was showing progression. At first, my mid-wife had told me that they don't want to schedule before 39 weeks, which was fine with me, I just needed a specific day and to know that she would be there (the baby is enough of a surprise, I don't want to be surprised by not having my doctor be available for my delivery- it happened to me with Tripp, but I was extremely blessed). The mid-wife nodded at all of my concerns of my past deliveries and whereas, I know she was paying attention, I don't think she was really listening. She checked me out and my cervix was still far back and hard and I was dilated to a 1. The next visit, I met the other mid-wife and was told the "eventually" phrase again, but that as long as my body cooperated, my tentative plan should be okay. The visit after that was when I thought I was going to be very angry... I guess I can be a brat, but that wasn't my intention and I don't want to tell anyone their job, but I know my body- at least what I've come to expect from it. Anyway, when I brought up the "plan", my mid-wife intern said that policy is they don't like/want to induce before 41 weeks. My jaw hit the floor. After some sputtering and stuttering of what I was told before, she adamantly told me that upon researching the latest literature and such that "blah, blah, blah.." I was listening, but I don't feel like typing all that. I was very surprised and not at all happy and didn't feel like I applied to the normal literature. Not that I wanted to risk higher odds of having a c-section, but lots of things ran through my head. Like, I have big babies and I didn't know how easily, at 41 weeks, a ten pound baby would come, or if I had to be induced at 41 weeks, because "eventually" still hadn't happened, what would have been the problem/difference with inducing at 39 1/2 weeks? I told her that if I had to wait 41 weeks, then I would find someone else to deliver this baby. I really wanted to be checked first to see how far along I was before we had this conversation, but she told me that she'd check me out and then go and chat with the mid-wife. I was soft and effaced 50% and still at a 1. As I sat in the waiting room trying not to fume, I really felt overwhelmed. I don't want to have to "schedule" the baby, but things in my life right now have been really busy, and I wanted to have a plan- I wanted to know I would be in the hands of my choice of provider, with my husband there, and my children looked after and fill-ins for all the other responsibilities that I have coming up with my church calling, etc. I was really missing Dr. Moeling. But the intern wasn't gone long, and she informed me that I got my wish. But not necessarily because of my very well put together argument, lol, but because the Sat after my due date, which is the day they were leaning for induction, was a midwifery convention in Arizona, or some place far away. She told me that they wanted to be my provider and their main concern is that the baby is healthy- uh, mine too- but because if my labor was to run into the next day, they didn't want to have to bail on me because they needed to go to this convention. So, needless to say, tomorrow is the day, and I really think that my mid-wife has labeled me a troublemaker, but hopefully we'll see eye to eye more through this delivery and afterward.