35 weeks pregnant with Aedyn Levi in the picture above. :]At 36 weeks I went to my weekly doctors appointment with Dr. Patel and she asked if I wanted to be induced, I pretty much immediately said "no" because I hadn't really considered that option yet.
Ofcourse I would rather have him myself on my time... When Jake got home that night I was telling him about it and he seemed to think it was a good idea.
So I had the whole week to think about it and I decided I wanted to be induced, but I rememebered from being pregnant with Rylee that she told me she wouldn't induce before 40 weeks. Which isn't too good, becuase this is my second baby and I feel like he would come before then.
& I am a serious "worrier", and I have been stressing so much over just the thought of going into labor while Jake is at work and having to try to get in touch with him (which is really hard to do with cell reception where he works). And then him having to rush home to get me and take me to the hospital,when he works like an hour and a half away!
On top of that, I would be in labor while having to try to get Rylee all ready to get to her nana's house.
And also, I have been thinking of how cool it would be for all of us to have this pattern with our birthdays.
My birthday is 1/1 and Rylee's is 5/5, so I thought it would be cool if Aedyn's could be 2/2. But that is only 39 weeks and 1 day.
Jake found out from work that he can take off a week for me having the baby, so we had to take that into consideration, and the 2nd is a Tuesday, so he could have Tuesday-Friday off and then a free weekend off. So this idea was sounding better and better to me. All the while assuming Dr. Patel would refuse to induce me early.
ANOTHER issue of the week, circumcision. The whole time I knew we were having a boy, I assumed I didn't want to have it done.I just don't see the point in it really. I feel like he is born how he is supposed to be. And its just un-necessary pain for him to go through. Jake and I haven't talked alot about it. The conversations about it went about as far as -ME "Aedyn's not getting circumcised." JAKE- "yes he is" ME-"no, he's not, you will see." But I really thought he wasn't serious. I didn't think he cared as much as he does. Finally he started to tell me how seriously he cares that he is circumcised. His main reason being that he doesn't want him to get made fun of one day. Which I think is pretty dumb. I never thought of this to be an issue? I have never known of anyone to be made fun of for this? But apparently.? So after seeing how strongly he felt about it, and me not really feeling that strongly about him NOT being circumcised, I decided to give in with the condition of only if it is numbed! I definately wouldn't be ok with it if he has to feel it all, that is just cruel, I don't care if it does just take 10 seconds. I wouldn't let someone cut me for 10 seconds without me being numb!
This whole week me and Rylee were sick and just layed around together, I began to notice that Aedyn wasn't moving too much throughout the week.
I know that it is normal for the baby to run out of room and not be as active, but I thought it was weird that it happened the same week I was sick, so maybe the baby is sick too? I don't know , but it makes me feel kinda bad :/
Well, going into my 37 WEEK appointment, I had a few questions.
She didn't seem worried about the baby not moving as much, she just asked me if the baby is moving 5 times in 5 hours. And he definately is. So she didn't worry about it.
I asked her about the circumcision and she said whichever OB/GYN working in the hospital the day I am released from the hospital would be doing the procedure. And she said that none of her partners numb the baby! ahhh. I told her that is a must for me, and she pretty much said that if there is nobody at the hospital to do it numbed, then I would have to wait for someone on the "surgical team" I think she said. So I think I am going to call Aedyn's pediatrician (Dr. Wiley) to see if he does circumcisions and make sure that he uses numbing medicine. I really couldn't believe that it is so common to just do it with nothing. I think Jake agrees with me on this situation. I know he doesn't want the baby to feel pain if he doesn't... So this is still in the process! I really don't want to wait and look around for someone to do it until after hes born, I want it done as soon as possible so hes less aware.
About being induced--- Right away I asked her about it and I said " I was wondering if you would induce at 39 wks and 1 day." And right away, she said yes. So I don't know if it is because this is my second baby or if she has changed the way she does things now? or what. But I was worried for nothing. I told her my reasons why and she said thats fine. She even made a better suggestion, she said I could come in the evening of February 1st to start getting induced and then have him on the 2nd :] It couldn't be working out better! I still don't know the time I go in yet, she said she would set it up and tell me on my next appointment when to come in. So it all seems very very real now, that it is almost time to have a baby!!!
We have been trying really hard to get out of our apartment before the baby comes, and into the nice townhouse we have been looking at for about a month. Everything has been in a process, and we told the manager we wanted to be moved in before the 1st and she said we will be able to. Now we just have to hear that we are officially approved. So it is going to be crazy moving in and then a couple days later having a baby! It will be so hectic having a newborn in a messy house that nothing is in it's place yet. MY LIFE IS SO CRAZY :]
