Induction

It’s almost 1am and guess what? I can’t sleep…big surprise, guess I might as well blog! Inducing is something I never thought I’d opt in to have done, however, after meeting with my doctor today I felt it was fairly necessary for a couple of reasons. My main reason being out of pure convenience. I hate to say that, but it’s the truth. My mom is sleeping on the couch in the next room as we speak. I have her down here to watch the kids when I’m in the hospital and I don’t have to worry about inconveniencing anyone else to watch them in case I go into labor and she’s not here. Secondly, over a week ago baby was measuring 8 lbs. 7 oz on the ultrasound…big enough for me. Thirdly, my doctor is going to be out of town AGAIN from Wednesday until Sunday. So this morning we scheduled me to be induced tonight (7/12) so everything would work out the way I planned.

I was to get a phone call this evening from the hospital letting me know whether they still had enough room for me or not, go in at midnight and start the process. 9:30 rolled around and I got excited when I saw it was a WV number. I knew it was the hospital. I talked to Mandy, the nurse, who told me that I there was good news and bad news. Good news being that I was more than welcome to come in tonight to be induced. Doc was there and they had enough staff. The bad news, however, was that there were 5 other scheduled inductions tonight and 5 scheduled c-sections for tomorrow so if I wanted to be induced I’d almost be guaranteed to have to share a recovery room my entire stay. SHARE A ROOM?? Are you kidding me? They had 4 open rooms for 11 people! This was seriously my biggest concern about the hospital down here and what I had been worried about when I found out that was even a possibility. If I share a room Ty wouldn’t be able to stay with me, he’d have to leave at 9pm each night and couldn’t come before 9am. I’d have to share a bathroom (!!!) with some other woman who just had a baby (GROSS!!) and I’d have to listen to someone else’s screaming baby in the same room as me. NO THANKS! So my dilemma was, do I suck it up because it’s convenient for me to have my baby tonight or do I stick it out and see if I go into labor on my own (even though I’m still not guaranteed a private room)? I decided there was just no way I could go there knowing that I wouldn’t have a private room. So I told them to take me off the list for tonight. I am so disappointed I can’t even stand it.

I am a planner. I make lists and cross things off. I am not spontaneous. I like to know exactly what’s going to happen. So now my plans are so up in the air and it stresses me out!! My mom will still stay (but probably not as long) just in case I happen to go into labor the next 2 days. Then hopefully my sister-in-law, Britton, can come down over the weekend in case I go into labor then and my mom will hopefully come back on Sunday evening. I will have another appt. at the doctor’s on Monday and if I haven’t had her by then I will be induced that night. He is hoping I don’t go that long (I’d be 4 days over due) but since he’s out of town I cannot be induced any sooner because they won’t let other doctor’s induce patients that aren’t theirs.

I, all along, have prayed that the baby would come when she’s ready and that God would make her entrance into this world when HIS timing, not mine, was perfect. Even though I am so bummed and disappointed I am trying to look at it like tonight was not the perfect night. She’s not ready or I’m not ready or God has something else in mind. All I want is for the baby to be happy and healthy and I know something as small as not wanting to share a room shouldn’t be such a big deal to me, but it’s hard enough being down here with no family and fewer friends I don’t want to feel all alone, without my husband, in the hospital too! I really feel like I could topple over any minute or go crazy with as little of sleep as I’m getting, but I know there is a reason. I just hope and pray that whenever I do go into labor I get my own private room…is that really too much to ask?? I think not!