The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
One week. Overdue... like a library book, that will be $1 please. To go...the countdown timer is on. Mom and baby are both perfectly healthy, but doc draws the line at 42 weeks. So, sometime this week Julien will either decide its time to come out on his own or extra measures will be taken. If I don't go into labor before Sunday at 7:30PM, we will be at the hospital getting induced. I've also talked to my doctor and doula about a castor oil "cocktail." While still not a natural way of going into labor, it is not a medical intervention which means a) we'd still be able to stay at home as long as its comfortable to; b) we wouldn't be on continuous monitoring; and c) we're not on the hospital's clock. So.... for those of you who know what castor oil does, yes, I'm not entirely looking forward to it. It may or may not get my labor going. But it still somehow seems preferable over cervidil (and possibly pitocin).
Even though I knew this was a very real possibility, I was a bit disappointed/saddened by the news this morning. Logically, I know it shouldn't bother me. I will be happy to have a healthy baby. But emotionally, I guess I am still hoping everything goes "normally."
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my older brother and his wife actually used railroad tracks and they seemed to have worked. not sure if it was for rob or steve.
your brother had a little help from fireworks...
this week foreigner, next week (if necessary, the kinks.
So long, I've been looking too hard, I've been waiting too long
Sometimes I don't know what I will find, I only know it's a matter of time...I've been waiting, waiting for you, ooh, I've been waiting
I've been waiting
(I've been waiting for a BOY like you, I've been waiting)
Won't you come into my life?
i changed one little word. so sue me...(not a boy named sue)
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