The Longest Appt. Ever!

I went in for my 39 week ob visit today. I thought it was going to be pretty quick considering I had a healthy breakfast so Kate would be cooperative during her 9:00 am non-stress test. I thought I'd be at the doctor's office for 1 hour at most. I was wrong.

I wasn't seen by the doctor til 9:30, then waited another hour or hour and a half for another lady to finish her non-stress test which took forever cuz she was carrying twins. By then, the breakfast I ate earlier in the morning soon started to leave my system leaving Kate less active, which meant a longer non-stress test. The doctors want to see her heart rate go up whenever she moves, but Kate started to slowly settle down for a nap as food was leaving my body. I even had some juice, but nothing.

Because I failed the non-stress test, the doctor wanted me to stay a while longer to do a biophysical profile, which is basically an ultrasound looking specifically for Kate's diaphragm to move up and down after every movement, but by the time I got to my biophysical profile, it was already 1:30pm. I had nothing to eat. Kate was sleeping, but she did manage to squeeze in a few hiccups. But that wasn't good enough for her to pass this test so then I was sent to the hospital for another biophysical profile, but they had better equipment and the time to look more accurately.

Kate passed with flying colors. She needed some coaxing with a snack and a buzz to the head. I even saw her sucking her entire hand in her mouth! She must have been hungry. I didn't get home til 3:30pm.

Anyways, I'm going to be induced for labor on Monday 11/13. My doctor said there really is no sense in waiting another week. Kate isn't going to do much in that timeframe except continue to gain weight and make labor more difficult for me. Also this pregnancy has been giving me a lot of unusual ailments like the Gestational Diabetes, abnormal thyroid levels, protein in my urine, my eczema returning, and not to mention I'm epileptic.

I really hate the idea of being induced...that labor will not happen on its own time, but medically, it just makes more sense to do it this way. I don't want to prick my fingers anymore and I don't want a c-section either.

I'm scheduled to be induced at 9:00am on Monday so if labor doesn't last longer than 15 hours, Kate will arrive on her due date. Yeah! I can't wait to meet her.