D-Day plus 3

The Senator is apparently extremely cozy in my uterus - no change from Wednesday's check up - still at a fingertip dilation, still high. Dr. Ross said she expects to see us Monday morning for the induction, well apparently we won't see her when we check in at 5AM(!) but a nurse will get us settled, and then should my cervix remain unfavorable throughout the weekend, then administer a tablet to soften it. Dr. Ross told us the long and short of it, the tablet can take as long as 24 hours to take effect, and I believe can be administered every 4 hours. Once the cervix is deemed good!, then she will start with a small dose of Pitocin, which is the synthetic form of Oxytocin (thank you second childbirth class), of which is produced naturally in our bodies (apparently singing releases Oxytocin, so I've been singing along to OAR this week). But she said things can move quickly but more than likely they will go slow and we could potentially be looking at the Senator's arrival Tuesday night. So who knows - it's a crapshoot. But we feel comfortable with the induction, it's not ideal, but we talked about the medical risks and benefits, and Dr. Ross explained both. Her colleague Dr. Peeper is on call this weekend, should something change. But we talked about downloading movies, tv shows, etc to hunker down for Monday - perhaps with the thinking if we have a stockpile of items, we won't need to use them, and have a shorter labor. Who knows. I have the occasional crampiness, sleeping has been up and down, but other than that, things are good. I liken to how I am feeling (and Mark too, after we talked about it last night) to imagine standing on the edge of a pool. You know someone is going to push you in, you just don't know when or how hard the shove will be. That's where we are at. So hope you have a great weekend!