Today was my 33 week appointment and normally I would have dragged myself into the office for my long wait but because this has been the only outing since my last appointment three weeks ago I was ecstatic! The doctor told me that I was measuring three weeks ahead and that the baby is probably huge or it’s all fluid. All of my kids were pretty big when they were born so this didn’t surprise me. What did shock me was that he’s planning on taking me off of the procardia in two weeks. Not that I want to keep taking it because they make me feel horrible but I start contracting within a hour of the next dosage. He also said that after 35 weeks they will not try to stop me from going into labor and that they will be doing a sonogram at 36 weeks just to be sure that everything is good to go.
Now I immediately thought that this would mean I’m off of bed rest – but nope. I’m allowed to get out of bed but only to immediately go sit somewhere else and to me that’s not much of a difference. Funny thing is that he keeps telling me that he doesn’t want me cooking or doing laundry – the man clearly does not know me – he says it as if he’s warning me not to do something I love. 🙂
This pregnancy has been so so rough on me right from the beginning and I hate that I feel so anxious for it to be over but I am. I need to be able to stand up and blow dry my hair and look human, drive and drink tons and tons of coffee! So much so that I’m debating the option of scheduling an induction that the doctor said I will probably be able to do at my 36 week appointment (which is only three weeks away if I make it that far). I’m so grateful that I made it this far and I’m so grateful that everyone around has helped me out as much as they have.
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