Today we are officially a week and a half past Mrs. Tygr’s due date. At the doctor’s yesterday we were told that her cervix hasn’t even started to dilate. So we’re scheduled to check in to the hospital tomorrow evening to begin the inducement process. They’ll spend Sunday evening using a catheter and some medicine to try and start her cervix opening. Then they’ll start with the inducement drugs Monday morning.
There is some concern that even with the inducement drugs she my not make enough progression and will have to undergo a c-section. This is a routine procedure, I know, but it is still surgery. She and I are both nervous about the prospect, so if any of you feel so moved, prayers / good thoughts will be appreciated.
I’ll post with all the news once we get home from the hospital in a few days.
You know my best thoughts are with you all, Ty, my friend. Just remember, there’s nothin’ in the world wrong with C-section babies. I was one myself, and we all know how wonderful I turned out!
Keep us posted on the progress when you can, and know you’ve got lots of prayers, hoping for the best.
if it’s a boy:
don’t name him John - or Jon…
don’t even be tempted… be original.
sleep now - while you can - and don’t plan on sleeping for the next year…
don’t listen to people who say “my baby slept all night after the first week” - they’re lying…
remember, he/she is just a baby, they’re not crying to mess with you…
and they are 100%: the boss and in control - at least for the next year.
A C-section is not a picnic, of course, and I wouldn’t wish one on you. But if that’s what it takes, try not to worry. I know a lot of people who had c-sections (myself included) under all sorts of conditions (some of them sort of scary, even) but they all had happy endings.
Gotta love those stubborn babies who won’t come out. I was one (two weeks overdue) and so was my son (they had to pry him out of me). I think it correlates to later tenaciousness.
I actually think it correlates more to the pizza and ice cream being supplied to my daughter right now. She won’t get that out here…
But Tygr and I keep trying to explain to her that the space out here, like her crib or bassinet, is Much more conducive to movement than my abdomen. She isn’t convinced yet…I know it’s the pizza and the ice cream.
Thanks for the good thoughts. I am nervous about a vaginal delivery and a c section. Both have discomfort and both have their share of healing time.
I second Cranky’s assertion about late babies. I was cursed to be born 12 days past my due date by my great aunt, who wished I would be born on her birthday. Two weeks and a heat wave later, she got her wish. Now I’m one of the most stubborn people I know.
Good vibes for Tygress and the little cub. I know how exciting (and exhausting) it is to have a baby.
Here’s best wishes for a happy ending. Modern medicine is all that it’s cracked up to be. Try not to worry. I’ll be thinking good thoughts for you and the missus until I see your joyous announcement.
Good luck to all three of you. I know how overwhelming the lack of control can be right before and during childbirth, but the important thing is that, no matter how she’s born, you get to take a baby home. I hope it’s a lovely time for all of you.
Well, there IS a reason they call it “Labor”, but think of the wonderfull prize you get in the end! Best wishes and prayers to all three of you! My babies are twelve and fifteen (sigh) and I have to admit I kind of envy you. Not that I’d want to go through the diaper and three a.m. feeding stage again, but I’m kind of looking forward to cuddling grandchildren. Just not TOO soon!
P.S.
It’s a good thing you guys are Dopers–you’re probably used to staying up late-like me- posting at 12:42 A.M.!
Primafloret 1 was 2 weeks overdue and we were threatened with induction. Born at home at the precise minute we would have needed to go to the hospital for the induction. Similar story with dilation too :). My mother went from zero effacement and zero dilation to delivering me 4 hours later.
Primafloret 2 was induced at 38 weeks and it went fine. While natural birth is the best thing for mother and baby, intervention where needed is not the end of the world. A lively healthy baby is the desired outcome
I think it correlates to later tenaciousness.