Tuesday 15 May 2012

Forty Weeks

Well friends...here we are. My last weekly photo. The last time you are going to have this pregnant belly all up in your face.


I had my 40 week appointment today and my doctor confirmed that baby girl hasn't budged at all in the last week. She sure is stubborn - hmmm I wonder where she gets that from?? If she doesn't come on her own this week (which doesn't seem likely at this point, especially since this is my first pregnancy) we will be induced over the weekend. 

We are kind of disappointed that we will probably have to be induced - it seems a little anti-climactic after all this time we've spent waiting for her arrival. BUT as long as she is healthy and the delivery goes well then I am a happy mama (to-be). And let's face it - since I am a little type-A I am glad to have a plan and a date when we know she will be here!

My biggest fear is that I will have to have a c-section. I have always been nervous about that possibility but statistics show that when you are induced your chances of having a c-section are increased (by something like 40%). I am trying not to read too much into it and I know a lot of ladies who were induced and had perfectly normal vaginal deliveries. So, staying positive and staying relaxed is my goal of the week.

And who knows...maybe that will encourage her to come out on her own :)

So - stayed tuned this weekend and next week for our first photos of our little one!!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Tracy Lynn,you said this is the last time you are going to have this pregnant belly all up in your face.Well,I for one had rather have a pregnant belly all up in my face than anything else all up in my face!!!But to be perfectly honest with you,as BEAUTIFUL as this pic is and all of the others I've seen,I'm EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED with them!Couldn't you have shown us just ONE bare belly pic?!!!SHAME ON YOU GIRL!!!!!!!!

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