Baby on the way
All weekend we have been trying to see if we can naturally induce the little one. Nothing was really working. We tried raspberry leaf tea, walking, stairs, sexy times, acupuncture massage, even took some milk of magnesia to get things going. I’d get contractions every 1/2 hour or so, then they’d fade away. Eventually I started losing my mucus plug, which was on Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday was pretty slow because I was tired from taking a hugely long walk, so I didn’t have any contractions, practically. Then Monday came and I was starting to get them again, probably because I rested. So this morning they called and let me know it was time to get induced, but we weren’t ready and didn’t get there until 10:30 a.m. They hooked me up and then monitored the baby for what felt like a million years.
There was drama though, we found out we could have an OB do the delivery instead of the resident that I was working with (and didn’t particularly care for). So Gus had to handle that mess, but we got it sorted out. It was a little stressful because we didn’t want to screw over the resident, but at the same time, we wanted to have a kickass experience if possible.
Gus is bugging me to go walk, so we’ll go for now. I’ll update later.
