I know what you're thinking... "Wait! Where did days 7 and 8 go??" Well, if you read my post about my doctor's appointment yesterday, then you already know. ;)
We have our induction scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th, at 6:30am at the Wesley Birthcare Center!! Woooohoooo!! :D Because we're scheduled to induce 2 days before his due date, I got to cut 2 days off of my countdown! Woooohooooo!! ;) So now we're down to 6 days until we meet our little man. Of course, he could still choose to come on his own between now and then, but at this point I'm hoping he just holds out. Here's why:
I'm not sure if you noticed or not up there, but we get to go to the BIRTHCARE CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D If you've been following my pregnancy posts for a while, specificially the sections about my platelet levels, then you'll know that I wanted to deliver at the Birthcare Center this time. I was unable to go to the Birthcare Center with Avery because she was my first baby and my platelets had been dropping throughout my pregnancy. My doctor didn't know how my body and platelets would react to labor, so to be sure Avery and I were both safe, I delivered at the hospital instead of the Birthcare Center. This time, since I have a history of low platelets, but no complications because of them, and my previous delivery went well, I'm allowed to go to the Birthcare Center!! :D Even though I'm being induced and I want my epidural, I can do all of those things at the Birthcare Center! I'm sooooooooo excited!
Now, I have nothing against the hospital. My delivery with Avery went very well and we were treated well during our time there. In some ways I'd like to return to the hospital just because I know what to expect there. And I may still have that chance. You see, the stipulation with me going to the Birthcare Center for Connor is that my platelets can't be too low. So, if they test me in the morning and my platelets are too low, I may have to go to the hospital yet. Either place is truly fine with me as long as at the end of the day I'm holding a healthy, happy baby boy in my arms. ;)
I know that since we're being induced in the middle of the week, that's going to limit the number of people able to come to the hospital to see us when he gets here. I doubt anyone from Topeka or Kansas City will be able to come until the weekend at the earliest. However, if you can come, we'd love to have you. We enjoyed visitors at the hospital very much. It works out really well because we have a staff of medical professionals caring for us, so having people around is no big deal because we're being waited on hand and foot anyways. ;) Also, anyone who's there right when Connor arrives will be a part of the birth photo session that Courtney is doing for us. She'll take pictures of special moments between Michael and I before Connor arrives, then will also take a few when the family gets to come in and meet him. :) So if you're able to come, we'd love to have you. Just let us know what the best way is to update you on how things are going. We probably won't be making many phone calls, but facebook, the blog, and text messages will be updated frequently. :)
Because I got to cut 2 days off of my countdown, Mama took the babies today (4 days early, counting the weekend). I got lots of resting done as well as a decent amount of housework. It's amazing how clean things can be when you don't have little ones running around messing it all up. :P It was also almost eerily quiet. ;) I haven't had a quiet house to myself in qquite a while. Feels very strange. I'm looking forward to a few more days of rest before our big day on Wednesday! :D I'm soooooo excited to meet Connor! :D Aren't you??
Alrighty, that's all I have for tonight. Have a good night, everyone! Love you!
-Jen
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