Here We Go Again

After much chatting with a doctor in the labor and delivery ward (who then called my doctor twice), they are going to try and induce me again tomorrow. They wanted to do it again with the "pill" but I declined that as it did not help me last time. So, this time they will try the gel and perhaps some pitocin. However, they did tell me that if I didn't progress they would send me home. So really there is just no telling what is going on. I keep hoping lil' girl will just start things on her own and this will all be a moot point.

The German doctors just think I am being impatient, which is not the case. If I was told that the best thing for the baby was to stay in there for another month... no problem, I would easily do it (look I gave up all sweets and limited all carb intake since October for my lil gal, I think I could manage being pregnant another month). The thing is, I called up to Heidelberg (the closest American facility with a labor and delivery ward) and they said I should not have been allowed to go past 40 weeks period. They also informed me that I needed to insist the baby come before this Sunday. She specifically said "no good comes from a woman with gestational diabetes going past 40 weeks." So, that's what I did when I went to the appointment today. I told them I understand that there are cultural differences (Americans tend to do more CYA-cover your a** type of analysis; while German's are much more "just let it go natural"), but really we know that right now baby is doing good. We also know there is no more developments she can make in my tummy anymore (besides get even bigger) and we also know that everyday puts her more at risk, so I want her to come out. It was a difficult conversation, I did it as diplomatically as possible and the doctor seemed to understand so I hope I did it all without "upsetting the system."

Either way, they still came to the conclusion that if nothing much happened they'd send me home and try again yet ANOTHER day. So right now, I am praying that this time will work, not only for lil' Cutie Pie, but also, quite selfishly, for me. I am not sure how many days of semi-painful "fake labor" I can take...lol.

So, please wish me luck and once again, I hope to not be posting again until I am officially a mother of four! Ah yes and one of my favorite sayings just came to mind...

G-d grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change
The courage to change the things I can
and the wisdom to know the difference... AMEN! LOL!

I hope your day is dark and dreary... no... just kidding of course.
I hope today you get some beautiful sun in your neck of the woods! Thanks for stopping by!