39 weeks

On Wednesday I woke up feeling horrible from the sinus issues and coughing a lot. I was completely congested and could not breathe through my nose at all! I called the doctor and the nurse said the symptoms sounded like a severe sinus infection and worked me in to see the nurse practitioner at the UT office to get started on an antibiotic. However, the NP thought it was just viral and wouldn't write me anything. She also suggested I quit taking the Sudafed and the Afrin. She thought the severe congestion that day was from a rebound effect of the Afrin (since I was taking it longer than I was supposed to) and just the worst day of a 10-day cold. She did hook me up on the nonstress monitors since Braylon hadn't been moving a lot that day. (That's why I went in to the OB about the sinus issues rather than the primary care doc.) In the first 30 minutes of monitoring the baby was pretty much asleep. His heart rate was in the 120s and he really didn't move. I did have 3 contractions while I was on the monitors though. The nurse came in and wasn't pleased with the print out. She brought in a second nurse who agreed that they needed to see more fetal movement, especially at 39 weeks. So they got me a package of peanut butter crackers and made me eat and drink water while I stayed on the monitor for 15 more minutes. The food got him going, enough to satisfy the nurses. So I was sent home and told to tough out the cold for the next few days.

So then I went yesterday for the scheduled 39 week visit with Dr. Shaw. My weight was the same as last week but my BP was 120s/80s (pretty much the same the day before). They said that was normal since I was sick and about to birth a baby. Dr. Shaw didn't even look at my throat or ears, she said even if it was an infection, it wasn't far from running it's course anyway. She did an exam to check me and asked if I was interested in induction before she ever started. I was almost completely effaced and around 3 cm. She said how about Wednesday and went off to call the birthing center. Turns out they were full for scheduled inductions so she put me down for Friday, April 24th at 6:30 am. Woohoo - we are going to have a baby! Since I am so far already though, I could easily go into labor on my own anytime now. But if I don't, there is an end in sight! I have been having contractions the last several nights so maybe he is on the move!

I will definitely get a 39 week belly picture to post soon! And if I make to Friday, we'll take another one Thursday night for the very last time! This will be our last weekend without a baby! Time to party - okay maybe just do yard work, take walks, and clean the house. I decided this week that I really need to clean the microwave and take everything out of the refrigerator and wipe it down with a clorox wipe. Yeah, I think I might be nesting ;)