Okay, I'm ready

At my appointment last week, my OB, who is a woman by the way, was hinting around at an induction even though she knows I am against them. She threw in some subtle scare tactics for good measure and got me all confuzzled during the week. It really got on my nerves so I decided to bring in Kevin with me this week as a backup for arguments.

So, yesterday, I show up for my appointment, Kevin in tow. When my Dr. gets in the room, I'm convinced she's been taken over by aliens for there is no mention of induction or complications or anything. In fact, the first words out of her mouth were what she would do if I went overdue by a week and that was simply a non-stress test and ultrasound to check for growth at 41 weeks. Last week, she had me convinced that my baby might be getting too large to go full term and that she'd need to scan for growth this week. The only difference between last week and this one was a silent man in the corner nodding his head at the appropriate times. He never said a word and apparently didn't have to. I think it was the quickest appointment I've had since I started going to her. I kept hearing her say things like, "Everything looks great! Hang in there!'" as we're getting herded out the door. Hang in there?! !@#&#@! Kevin will be making an appearance at every appointment from now on. I could go on about what this says about the medical community and feminism and blah blah blah, but pbblllt. I'm too tired and I don't really care. (Okay, to be fair, I'll mention here that it was Halloween after all and they were going to close early, but that was still hours away yet.)

It's November 1st and I didn't have an October baby. Darn! Maybe if I had let them induce me? ha! I'm getting really tired and cranky so now it's official...I'm ready. I'm sure I can handle the pain, the ick-factors, and the sleep deprivation so bring it on! I still don't want an induction, but I can understand a little more now why most women don't resist them. They imagine having their little baby to put in the cute clothes and just go with it. Can't really blame them for that. I have a bunch of boring medical reasons for not scheduling the birth, but I have some non-medical ones too. I think it's exciting not knowing when or where my labor will start, but I'm ready. Really. I am. *looks at clock*