Dear precious baby girl,
I had an appointment with my OBGYN yesterday, and guess what? I am still dilated at 5 cm. So, only a little progress from last week, and apparently you are happy as a clam inside my tummy right now. But it must be really fun in there, because you are dancing all around in there and don't let your mama get any sleep. *yawn*
The good news is, if you aren't here by this Saturday, we're going to go to the hospital to have a non-stress test. This test will involve hooking me up to a bunch of monitors that will track your heartrate, your movements, and all of my contractions to make sure that you aren't in any distress. Even if everything looks good, my doctor said that if the Labor and Delivery unit isn't very busy that day, she will probably induce labor by giving me a drug called pitocin.
Generally, when pitocin is used to start labor, the contractions will be a LOT stronger (because it's a synthetic form of a human hormone called oxytocin, it works a little differently on the body so contractions aren't as natural as they would be otherwise). Luckily, because I am dilated halfway already (I still can't believe it!), labor with you will be pretty short. In fact, if I have any major contractions at ALL before Saturday, I am supposed to rush to the hospital instead of waiting until they're 5 minutes apart.
So right now, I'm just waiting for your arrival! Everything is ready for you to come home with us, we just need you to decide to join us. At the very least, it looks like you will be with us by Saturday at the latest! Wow, I can't wait :).
Love,
Mama
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Your little girl just wants to make her grand entrance and to make sure everyone's eyes to be on her when she does come! ;-)
I wish you all the best in these last few days--very exciting! (I'm also really hoping that your little girl's first word isn't oxytocin.)
Much love,
Mirette
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