The Leonard 3

Is anyone familiar with Murphy's Murphree's Law? Haha! Well surprise, surprise...nothing had changed since my appointment on Wednesday.

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You're about to learn waaay more about me than what you ever wanted to know! It seriously weirds me out to be talking about my cervix, dilation, labor, etc. with so many people out there...I mean come on, my brother, dad, grandpa, uncles, and in-laws are all out there reading this. Oh well, you've been warned. :)

  

After talking to my doctor, this is the game plan we've come up with:

Wednesday evening at 5:00 they will put me in the hospital to try what the doctor called "cervical ripening." They will give me a pill, wait about 3 hours, check to see if anything has changed, then give me another pill if needed. Dr. Santiago said that most women need about 3-4 doses of this medicine to get the desired results. On the flip side, she said some women can take up to 8 doses without anything happening. Looks like we are in for a LOOONG night y'all!

The point of doing this is to get me to dilate so they can go ahead and INDUCE labor. However if I am not dilating, they can stop the medicine to reevaluate where we are and how things are progressing.

The cervical ripening will be a long drawn out process, and if it works will be followed by an induction of labor...which is another long drawn out process. So, we are HOPING to have our sweet baby here by this weekend! It seems crazy to even be typing those words! :)

Some of you may be asking, "Why not just wait until your body is ready?"... Waiting for my body to go into labor on its own would mean that Walker would continue to grow and get larger. Since he is so large already, Dr. Santiago is worried about me delivering a baby that size. If we wait, a c-section is a real possibility.  

Thank you again for all your inquiries and PRAYERS! Please keep those coming! We (it may be David or my Mom) will try to keep you all posted in the days ahead!