The Latest Plans

Unless the baby comes sooner on his own, it looks like I will be going in for induction of labor on Tuesday night. With a probable February 1 delivery date.

I didn't want to have to be induced, but there are way too many serious risks associated with going full term with gestational diabetes (stillbirth, omg) and I am just not willing to go there. Of course, neither are my doctors. So hopefully my body will be far enough along on its own that induction won't be too traumatic. If the baby will just drop by then it could make a big difference.

I'm having some contractions but nothing very regular, and there's a kind of constant cramp in my cooter that makes me think my cervix is doing something, at least. (Hopefully not closing tighter...)

In the meantime, as we wait, I'm still cleaning this place up. It's not so much cleaning as de-cluttering... there's just so much stuff around here and bringing more in is going to make it tough to live here comfortably. So I'm doing what I can now. Although I did also get out my heavy-duty German Hausfrau mop and take care of all the non-carpeted floors, too. And both bathrooms are spotless.

I'm feeling excited that we'll be meeting our little guy soon... it's great to know that we're getting close to the end. And these last couple of weeks, I've finally felt like I was enjoying the pregnancy. But at the same time, I'm still freaking out a little. When he doesn't move for a while I get very nervous. And I'm worried about the quality of the placenta (this is the danger with GD -- if my blood sugar is out of line it can make the placenta deteriorate early, which is why they won't let me go to term). Every time I have a glucose number that's just a little out of line, I get so freaked out. But the truth is, since my insulin dose was increased, my numbers are under tight control. Very tight. So I know I just need to calm down.

Anyway, he's moving a lot this morning. And I still have non-stress tests scheduled for tomorrow and Monday, so there is still lots of monitoring going on.

And then on Tuesday, we should be getting this party started. (As my husband put it.)