1 more day and XXM will be really full term.
But the worrying thing is that nothing seem to be happening to indicate if XXM is gonna arrive soon!
G went to see the OBGYN 2 weeks ago and was told that she is already having quite strong contractions. On internal examination, she was dilated at 1cm. That gave J and G some hope that maybe XXM is gonna make its debut soon...
1 week passed and at the next Dr appointment, G is still only at 1cm dilation! Even the Dr expressed some disappointment, and did some manual stretching to see if it will help.
G is immensely disappointed since that Dr appointment. And over the weekend, she walked, climbed stairs, squat, shot some hoops and played Kinect sports, all in the bid to try and wriggle XXM southwards and stimulate the labour to get started. Despite all the efforts, nothing has changed. Stress is starting to get to G and her mood swings has worsened. Poor J has to put up with her yoyo-ing mood, and has been trying his utmost to support G through this period.
G's worst fear is that XXM is growing too big for her to push out naturally, which means a C-section is now more possible. In fact, even if XXM remains a respectable size, if the dilation doesn't happen, a C-section is likely to be the route. Furthermore, G was hoping to avoid medical induction so as to prevent the cascade of interventions that may follow...especially the dreaded epidural.
It has been a stressful weekend...luckily, G has started on her maternity leave. At least that takes the stress of working off her shoulders...
Hopefully, in the next update...there will be a picture of J, G and XXM
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