As predicted, I'm still sitting at 1 cm dilated and not effaced one single bit. My doc was all chipper about it, like, "Oh wow, you're 1 cm dilated! That's great!" I looked at her blankly like, "Woman, don't mess with all 3,000 lbs of me right now." I guess it would be great if I didn't have all my stats from Ben's pregnancy written down and easily accessible for me to obsess about. At this same point in my pregnancy with Ben, I was 2 cm dilated and EIGHTY PERCENT EFFACED, which is what's supposed to matter more anyway. So that settles it. I will absolutely not be early this time around and I can plan on knowing what it feels like to be 40+ weeks pregnant. If someone had been kind enough to ask me, I would have preferred to go late the first time, when I wasn't absolutely miserable and in pain almost every minute of the day. But, you know, it's whatever.
I suppose she's also going to be a monster. The doc thinks she's 6.5 - 7 pounds already and I was measuring two weeks ahead. And obviously, judging from yesterday's picture, she IS a giant!
Let me just sprinkle a little positivity into my life, though. I will enjoy these last few weeks as a family of three. I'll soak up every ounce of one-on-one time with Ben that I can get and I will stop obsessing over every cramp, contraction, etc. I'll start appreciating the kicks, even the ones that leave me clutching the nearest piece of furniture. Because I know that once she's here, I'll miss them like crazy. There's something about having a child inside you that is just indescribable. Even in the throws of horrendous pain, just knowing that she's always with me is...awesome.
She won't be giant- and she'll seem really small no matter how big she is. The boys were 5.4 and 6.4, Wyatt came home under 5lbs and Judah, all 8.6 of him seems sooooo *teeny*! I couldn't imagine the boys were smaller. Now at 4 months he's busting out of the 6 month clothes, but that's a different story.
ReplyDeleteNah, she won't be a giant. Look at you and Tim! They told me Bee was going to be almost 9 pounds and she was born at 7,15. Maybe her being tall threw them off and that could be what's going on with you.
ReplyDeleteHang in there! It doesn't last forever!
If it makes you feel better I had an appointment two days before my daughter was born and was 0 dialated, then she was born 2 days later. My friend actually had her baby the same day she was checked and was only 1 cm dilated. It can happen so quickly! Oh - and the same friend was told to "prepare herself" because her baby was going to be 10 pounds (according to her u/s the prior day) and her daughter was just under 7 pounds. You just never know until it happens, and we'll all be hoping everything goes just right for you!
ReplyDelete