dorothysmom
	Age: 33 Country: US Province/region: Georgia City: Alpharetta Partner: Norbert - my wonderful hubby Children: Yes, 1 Pregnant: No Due date: 12 Feb ,2008 Occupation: Full-time Student and caregiver
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You won't need to try any secret recipes to bring on labor. Have your emergency numbers ready. Don't wait until the last minute to get your nursery ready. We predict your baby will come 1-2 weeks early. Your baby will most likely be born in the evening. Justmommies predicts that your baby will weigh approximately 7.7 pounds and that your labor will be about 6 hours long.

I am 33 years old and have been married to my husband for 8 happy years. Before my husband and I met I already had two children a son now age 13 (soon to be 14) and a daughter now age 12. My husband and I were married for 2 years before we got pregnant with our son who is now 5 years old and then we had our daughter and is now 3 years old. We were very shocked to find out that I was pregnant again with my now 5th child. We found out that this one is another girl. We are very excited so now our 3 year old daughter will have a sister to share her experiences with.

I have been taking care of my mother full-time for a year and a half now since she has end-stage liver disease. When I started taking care of her, I decided to go back to school and get my associates degree in medical assisting. I go to school online full-time so I can stay home and take care of my mother and make sure that she doesn't have any problems.

We are excited and can't wait for Dorothy's arrival in only a few short months.

Monday, 7 Jan

Today I went to the doctor for my 35 week check-up and asked the doctor to check to see if I was dialating since I have been having contractions and a lot of pain. She checked me and stated that I `m between 1 and 1 and half cm dialated and 50% efface. I told her that I know that they don `t normally check until 36 weeks, but with this being my 5th child and with all of the pains that I `ve been experiencing I wanted to make sure that I was no where near 4 cm. If I was I would have to be ready at anytime now for the baby to come. I `m still a little worried about the thinning out part, but the dialation is good for me right now. As long as she can hang on for a couple more weeks, I can wait.

Friday, 25 Jan

I went to the doctor this past Tuesday for my 37 week check up. I have not changed from the week before excpet that I may have dialated 1/2cm. The effacement is still the same and the baby is at -2 station. I got my B-Strep test back and it came back negative!!!! I was actually shocked it came out negative since all of my other pregnancies came out positive, most say that if it is positive one time then it is normally positive everytime. But then again, this whole pregnancy has been totally different. I normally go into preterm labor by 32 weeks and end up in the hospital atleast once a week until I deliver. I have not had any preterm labor, and have not been in the L&D except for the tour..LOL!!! I will be 38 weeks tomorrow and I `m soooo hoping that this baby comes next week. If I haven `t had the baby before my 38 week appointment next Tuesday, I `m going to ask the doctor how big she thinks that the baby might be. I know that it will be an estimate, but my last one was 7lbs and 15oz, but I had her in 20 minutes. I was shocked that I had her natural with nothing (not even an IV) everything happened so fast none of us had time think. I will keep you updated, if the baby hasn `t come I will update about the doctor appointment next Tuesday.

Tuesday, 5 Feb

I am sooooo tired today for some reason. Last night I couldn `t keep my eyes open and slept from 8:00PM until 8:00AM. This is very unusual for me since I have been staying up well past 3AM every night since I have been in the 3rd trimester. Today I can `t seem to keep my eyes open...odd. I went to the doctor today and he said that the baby has dropped from -2 station to 0 station, but I `m still 2cm dialted and 50% effaced. If I don `t have the baby by this weekend I will be seeing the doctor on Monday and get induced next week. This is the first pregnancy out of five that I have actually gone full term. Out of the four I already have 2 (the boys) came 2 weeks early. One daughter came 3 weeks early and the other daughter came one week early. So for me to carry all the way to 40 weeks is a miracle. I also had a lot of preterm labors with the others, this one I have had NONE. Hopefully, the next post I have up here is when the baby is born!! If not it will be an update on the induction.

Monday, 11 Feb

Ok, so today I have my appointment after my due date. This has never happened to me before, so I am nervous and anxious to get this all over with. I `m scared to death that the baby will be huge to the point that I will have to have a c-section. Actually, I rather go ahead and have the c-section than try and have it vaginally and then have to go in for a c-section. I have a doctor `s appointment in about an hour and a half (3:45PM) to find out what the doctor wants to do. The doctor I saw last week said that they will go ahead and induce me if I go past my due date. Well, today I `m seeing another doctor in the group and hope that she doesn `t say `let `s wait another week `. I will really go off then. I am really hoping that they will go ahead and admit me today so I can start this whole process. Having nausea, runny bm `s (I know tmi), and cramping with some contractions that aren `t making any process (that I know of anyway) is really frustrating. I know that I will get some good sleep after the baby comes because I will have my body back. I rather be woken up by a baby crying to be changed, feed or be held than have it inside and not know when I `m going to go into labor. If I don `t post anything after today, it means they finally induced me or the baby came on her own. Wish me luck!!!