I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!!

GOOD NEWS!!!

Well the morning started rough, because I have not woken up at 6:15 AM since June when I was teaching! But I scheduled our doctor appointment for 7:30 AM so that Matt could go with me and it wouldn't drastically effect his workday. UGH! So while all of my wonderful teacher friends are back at work today, I was right along side them hating my alarm clock this morning!

So this is the 4th week of my weekly doctor appointments. I was not hopeful that any changes have been made in our labor process, because for the past 3 weeks I have been stuck at 1 cm dilated. I got my hopes up WAY too much early on, and was very disappointed, unnecessarily might I add, when there was no progress. So this morning, I did not go in to the doctor's office with a very positive attitude.

Dr. Banks even noticed the tone in my voice when she asked, "How are we doing?!" and I said, "Oh we're good..." I have just been pretty downtrodden lately :/

BUT - for the first time in weeks, possibly months, I can see the light!!! I have never been as excited as I was this morning since we were in our fateful sonogram when we found out that we were having a girl! So here is the exciting news...

As of today, I am a whole 2 cm dilated! Woo! But that one small cm came with a huge stipulation. Dr. Banks said before she checked my cervix that if I was still at 1 cm, she would want to wait and try to let my labor happen naturally and not talk about an elective induction. But if I was at 2 cm, then we could go ahead and schedule our induction for next week. AND I WAS 2 CM! So that was a big ole' happy happy happy from me! She did try to manually loosen my cervix, which until giving birth, is the worst pain I have ever felt. Yikes. But right now, it's all in the name of getting this baby out and bringing her home so I am A-OKAY with whatever she feels is necessary. She IS the doctor after all :)

Ultimately, this means that if I don't go into labor this week, then I at least know that next week we will be in the hospital being induced, and FINALLY meeting our precious little girl! I am so elated I can hardly handle it. I can't wait to meet Parker, to see what she looks like (even though my sister says all new born babies look like potatoes), to hear her cry, to see how Matt handles being a dad, and to bring her home. I am excited for our precious fur babies to meet her, albeit a bit nervous about their large size and large levels of excitement ... I think the dogs will fair better than the cat! I am just overall EXCITED.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel! All of this waiting and waiting, and frustration, and weird pains, and discomfort, and weight gain... It will all be worth it within a matter of days. Eeeekkk!! It is a good day today in the Truitt household.