Stephanie, will be praying for you not to be induced. The method they use to induce labor today is not nearly as rigorous but still, I agree, praying you will go on your own. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Mitchell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 11:54 PM Subject: baby update > Hi everyone, > First, I want to really thank you all for your prayers and the support... I > haven't written much mainly because frankly I don't seem to have the energy > to reply to anything. It's been extremely hot here, like 40 degrees here > today and pregnancy and hot wether don't mix... Anyway, on to the update, > the news you have all been waiting for. > > I went to the hospital for my appointment today. No, there is no baby yet, > but will be definitely Monday if I haven't gone in to labor by then. I must > say that today's visit was one of the most frustrating I'd ever had. We got > a Indian or similar doctor (not disrespects to them) and frankly Stan and I > had a lot of trouble understanding him. > > He checked the baby and said that her head hasn't dropped yet. (was hoping > it had, but sometimes it won't until labor). He checked for the heartbeat, > and it took ages for him to find it... had me worried for a moment. Blood > pressure was fine. Then came the interesting bit. I had the internal exam > which was a lot better than I thought it would be, but then the doctor > drops the bomb about me been induced next week... I had no idea they would > do that, was upset that I wasn't told at my last visit. Here's praying that > I go in to labor before Monday, 8 am... I don't want that horrible drip > they use to start contractions if I can get out of it. > > So that is all my baby news. I'll be writing again soon if something > happens, or you'll hear the big news late next week. > Steph