Today was sadly my FINAL OB appointment :( Very bittersweet for me.
My mom came with Nya and myself; she offered to drive today just in case I went into labour on the way there or way home. He he
We were running a little behind getting to my mom's this morning; I didn't manage my morning properly and spent a little more time than I should have playing with Nya and bathing her.
Believe it or not, even with a 25min set back, we arrived to my appointment just in time :) Fewfh!
I checked, settled in to our typical seats and got comfy in front of the TV watching a cooking show until my name was called. My mom and I laughed and joked together as we passed time; taking pictures and documenting my last appointment along the way.
'Davin...Davin' I heard being called out by one of the nurses. 'Davin? Is that me!?!'. I looked back at the nurse as if to repeat the name again. She looked into the sea of mommy's in the room and again said 'Davin'.
With a chuckle and with some confusion, I said to my mom 'Is that suppose to me she's calling?'.
We turned around to look at the nurse again and said 'Are you calling DEVIN!!?'. 'Yes, Devin!' she replied; looking at us as if that's what she had been saying the whole time. Lol
We were taken to our room and greeted by one of my favorite nurses on staff. The whole staff at the clinic are amazing, but I have two in particular I have grown close too over the last several weeks.
'Immmmmm back!!' I said with a laugh when she walked into the room. 'I really shouldn't be back after being told we were hours away last week, but here we are again!'.
She laughed and said 'My goodness! Yes...I have in your file here that last Thursday you were 90% ready for labour!!! 4cms dialated!!'.
Long story short, she did all the regular check up procedures; everything looked great.
The Dr on staff today was Dr.Marks; first time ever meeting her, but boy....such a lovely Dr! She herself is pregnant and such a sweet lady.
Before even checking the baby's heartbeat she said after opening and reviewing my folder 'Wow! OK, so last week you were 4cms....should we check and see what you are at now?'.
'YES PLEASE!!!' I said with a chuckle.
She first checked the baby and said all looked good; then she checked me.
'Well, you are still 4cms my dear' she said.
'What!! You've got to be kidding me!!! I'm still only at 4cms!!! :('
She then handed me a pamphlet and a form she had filled out and said that I would need to come in this coming Sunday to be induced if I havent yet gone into labour naturally by then.
'Excuse me?!?! What day did you just say??!!' I said in my head. Any day but Sunday!!!!!
Seeing that I will be exactly 41 weeks on Sunday, they don't allow Mother's to go past their 41 weeks mark without induction.
Of all the days, Sunday!!! Does God have a sense of humor or what!!!! Lol
I called Dennard on my way home from my appointment to fill him in on the news. He wasn't too enthused about the Sunday induction date; especially since they couldn't even give me a rough idea on the time I would need to come in. I was told I would recieve a call Sunday AM with a time and that the time would be determined by how many beds they had avaliable.
When I got home from my appointment I kicked everything into full gear!!! 'I need to get things moving along here!!' I said to myself.
I unloaded my car of all church equipment (something I would have never have done in the past being pregnant b/c of the lifting and heavy equipment) and then loaded my double stroller into the trunk.
Dennard's car will now be the 'church car' and mine our 'family car'.
Dennard happened to pull up right when I was loading my stroller into the car.
With a smile on his face he said 'well, I guess no more pampered treatment!! Get in the kitchen and cook then rub my feet baby!!!'. Lol
Only my husband would joke like that. Lol
We decided to go for a walk as a family to the grocery store and pick up some groceries for dinner. I have been 'banned' from long distance walking by my husband for months to avoid early labour and now we are purposely going on a long distance walk to bring on labour. The irony in it all! Lol
Everytime I got a cramp along the way my husband would jokingly let out a cheer!!! Smh. Lol He really wants this labour to come before Sunday now! Lol
On our way home I was getting more cramping. He then started shouting 'Deliver!!!! Deliver!!!!'. Loool Nya then joined in and started shouting 'Deliver!!' too. My nutty family! Looool
My girlfriend from the States contacted me shortly after we got home. She literally had me in stitches laughing out loud. When I told her about my goal to self induce by Sunday she said 'Do squats as you fold clothes, leg lifts as you toss your salad and power walks to the park'. LOL This had both Dennard and I laughing out loud!
Needless to say, nothing came of the night. The cramping went away after our walk and I was back feeling fantastic once again.
My husband left for an hour in the evening to drop some things off at our Mississauga church as I got Nya ready for bed. He ran into a few of the church members there who struck up conversation on the status of my pregnancy.
'No Sweet Pea yet eh!' one brother said with a laugh; causing everyone to burst into a roar of laughter my husband said. Dennard said he was taken back at first to hear the brother say 'Sweet Pea'; like how did he know we called her that?!?! Lol
Dennard said that another one of the other brothers spoke up and said 'Devin is the type of woman who I could see cooking dinner and delivering a baby at the same time!'. Looooool
This had both Dennard and myself dying with laughter when he told me this. Lol
I do pride myself in being a go getter; a multitasker at getting things done. Loooool
In any case, tomorrow is July 1st.....the first day of the month; Canada Day :) Woo Hoo!!
Seeing that I dont go into labour tonight, tomorrow we will be celebrating our wonderful country and the fact that Sweet Pea held out this long.
Good things come to those who wait and Sweet Pea is SO worth this wait :)
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