:: Brinna's ::

:: Saturday, June 25, 2005 ::
:: Nearly there! ::

Wow, I'm getting quite large...not too much longer now. Here's my pic from 38 1/2 wks:



So I'm in my 39th week. One week left on Monday...the midwife says she doubts I'll go overdue, we'll see. Regardless, I'm adamant about not being induced. It's a snowball effect if you do. Especially if you break the water artificially, then you have to have it born within 24 hours, and what if your body wasn't actually ready for labor? They have to give you chemicals to induce more contractions, and labor gets really hard, and then you need an epidural, and then you tear or get an episiotomy, or worse, a C-Section because your cervix won't dilate. So no thank you, I'll wait until my body starts things up on its own. I may be huge but I can still function. I'm more patient then my family to get the baby born...they're all excited about her. The midwife thinks she'll be a small baby at 6 or 7 lbs. (I say small because I was 9 lb 6 oz and one of Mom's smallest.)

Good news!! I did get a refund on the first crib I bought. I'm no longer out $300. And it looks like I'll be able to get a refund from the 2nd crib seller too. If it's not shipped by the end of June I'm getting my moola back. And I'm ordering from somewhere reliable like Walmart. Thank the Lord I have my parents' cradle to lay Alice in! Not to discourage anyone from using ebay, I've used ebay a ton and it's great. This was my only prob with it, and technically it's not the seller's fault if the manufacturer doesn't have the product available.

Today was the church picnic, and it was at a lake. My dad's friend had a boat, so we went out on that a bit. Nice and bumpy. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have induced labor at all (I'm okay with giving nature a push...after all, it won't work if the body wasn't already ready), but that's ok. I've still got some crocheting to do!

:: Brinna 9:14 PM [+] ::
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