In lieu of our induction, however, my wonderful doctor wanted me to come in today for one last appointment to see how we were progressing. We were in an entire week ago, so the nurses said that she wanted to see how we have progressed over the last week to determine how to proceed tomorrow.
This was a good idea for me. I'm always very curious to see if we've made progress and I've been having very consistent, mild contractions since 6 am this morning. By consistent I'm talking every 4-5 minutes and by mild I mean I can only feel them if I sit down and focus on them. Surely we've made some progress, right?!
YES! Our doctor said that we are a GOOD FOUR centimeters dilated!!! And by a good four she means closer to five than four! She honestly thinks that we will be going into labor tonight rather than making our induction date tomorrow afternoon, and she told me that based on my history of pretty quick labor to get to Labor and Delivery as fast as possible if my water breaks or if I have any contractions that are uncomfortable for 30-45 minutes.
As a matter of fact, she said to just get in the car and call the babysitter on the way which I still haven't entirely figured out. Did she mean to leave Kate at home and call someone to take care of her while we are on our way to the hospital? Or did she mean bring Kate with us and call someone while we are on our way to meet us at the hospital? Yeah, nonetheless, we won't be worrying about that because Brian's Mom, Mary, aka Kate's Mimi, is going to come down tonight and stay with us. Just in case we do go into labor tonight and need to jet quickly.
I am still 75% effaced and Little Sister is still at -2/-3 station but my doctor thinks that when it is go time we aren't going to have much time to think so the fact that we are almost five centimeters dilated is almost enough to say it's go time!
In lieu of our last night as a family of three, and since I my appetite has pretty much been null all day, I decided to make an extra special dinner for Kate - an ice cube tray dinner!. I bought a pack of two ice cube trays from the dollar store to do something fun with and decided tonight was the night.
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| You can make it semi-healthy and fun too! |
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| Kate loved this! |
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| This is kind of her what in the world? face! |
My little girl is going to be a big sister in less than 24 hours. I can hardly believe it.
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| She looks so little yet so big. |
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| So adorable! |
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| Last Mommy and Me selfie as an only child! |
Last, but certainly not least, is Little Sister's room. I don't believe I shared the final outcome of it but it is 100% put together, painted, and ready for our little girl to sleep in it, play in it and be loved in it.
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| A view from the doorway! |
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| I love how PINK it is!! |
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| A view from the corner by the gray chair/closet door! |
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| And, of course we put our hanging flowers to good use again! |
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| A view to the hallway and hallway closet! |
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| And the newest addition - a brand new canvas to adorn Little Sister's walls. And a reminder: The world is full of adventure... ...never stop dreaming. |
We are so happy with the outcome! We were able to use all of Kate's nursery items yet still make it look completely new and different from her old nursery. I was hesitant, at first, and was kind of looking forward to a room decorating challenge, but with the lack of time that we've clearly had, this was the best for all of us and allowed us to re-use our creativity!
SO, in more or less than 24 hours, we are going to meet our newest little girl!!! I am just bursting with excitement, anxiousness, nervousness, and love! I cannot believe the day is here!
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