Baby Reese Update

So we had our weekly doctors appointment yesterday...except our doctor is out of town on vacation. So we saw the nurse practictioner and a student nurse practictioner. We were told to be at the hospital Sunday night at midnight to begin the induction process. Yes, Sunday night as in this weekend! So now I am questioning if I am really ready for all this???? I had to confirm with Adam that he realizes that they are actually going to let us bring her home. Get in the car, drive off, and be 100% responsible for raising this small human into a productive citizen.... Now that I am being faced with the big moment I am not so sure I am ready. Adam reminded me that I have been pregnant for 9 months (thanks for that reminder, I had almost forgotten! HA!) and we have had plenty of time to prepare for this. And this is another reason that it was a spectacularly smart decision to marry this man. He is so rational! I hope Reese is so lucky to receive that trait from her daddy.

Anyway, we will arrive at RMC at midnight Sunday where I will receive some type of drug to thin the cervix (I can't remember the name because my head was spinning at the thought of the IV etc). At around 6:00 a.m. they will being the pitocin. We were warned that this process could go on for around 12 hours. If nothing has happened by lunch Dr. Ballard will break my water and we are to expect a baby around 3 Monday afternoon. Now, of course, she could be here by 10 a.m. but I think they are giving us the worse case scenario just to prepare our families for the possibility of sitting around the hospital all day. At least I hope 3 is the worse case scenario!

So between now and then I am considering the possibility of taking off on Friday to get some things done. I will be getting a pedicure and manicure on Saturday morning (thanks Auntie Kay for that fantastic gift!), and Adam and I have to go grocery shopping at some point. Plus the last minute things that I feel need to be done... mop the floors, wash clothes, hang some things on the nursery walls, and maybe, just maybe sit out in the sun so I am not so pasty when my baby sees me for the first time:)

This is the day we have been waiting for for months now, but in a way it is hard to believe that it has finally arrived. Please keep us in your prayers on Monday. We hope and pray the day goes as smoothly as possible and that we meet a healthy Reese at some point that day. I will post pictures:) Which reminds me...I also need to call and find out if they have wireless at the hospital!!