So, I'm going to be updating more often than weekly now. Here's why. I had my 38 week OBGYN appointment today. She did the pelvic check like she did last week. It wasn't quite as painful as the last time.. probably because I was more dilated. Not much, but 1cm. Hey, it's something! I guess with the babies growth, she does not want me to go past 40 weeks. So, she went ahead and scheduled an induction for 39 weeks (10/13/2015) at night. So, by the time we check in, get set up, induced, wait around for a while, it'll probably be the 14th by the time he's born. So, that's about a week before the due date. Wasn't expecting it since I've felt so good and that I hadn't dialated yet. She felt all the way up and touched his head! Ouch. Baha! I'm not really sure if she stripped my membranes this time or not. She didn't ask if she could or tell me she was, but she did do some sort of circular motion while up there. She told me that I will most likely bleed for up to a week.. but very lightly. I am pretty sure I stopped bleeding about 10 min after. It was not that bad though. Anyway, so after the OB appointment, I went to the 38 week growth ultrasound and everything looks good, but he's already over 8lbs. So, being that he'll add about 1/2lb per week, we're guessing he'll be close to 9lbs. He's a big boy! We will see how accurate their measurements are, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's big. I also talked to my OB about the back pain I had this last week. When I told her it was just in my back, she told me it was probably just a muscle spasm. Way to make me feel like a wuss! Haha but when I mentioned it to the ultrasound tech, she thought it sounded like a contraction. So, who knows! He is facing the right direction, so I guess back labor is out of the question. I also passed the strep b test, so that's a relief. We'll see what happens the next few days! Lots of last minute preparations to do.
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