We're still here waiting but at least now there a couple ends in sight: one definite but certainly not preferable, the other much more appealing but not as definite.
Option 1: Wednesday morning Pooja comes to the house (I believe it'll be the house but that'll be confirmed at my appointment tomorrow morning I suppose), gives me an enema - ewwwww! - and hopefully that gets a few contractions going. Once I get a few contractions she'll break my water and we'll go from there. Advantage: I get my natural induction, plus my homebirth. Disadvantage: Possibility of it not working and I end up being induced anyway, plus the sheer pleasure of an enema.
Any experience out there with enemas? I know they were standard procedure in the stone age when I was born but I've never known anyone to get one other than my brother who ate a whole box of Smarties as a toddler and was bunged up for days and ended up getting an enema at the hospital.
Option 2: I get admitted to hospital sometime on the weekend for an actual induction using Pitocin. Advantage: it is a definite end - we'll have a baby by next weekend. Disadvantage: no homebirth, artificial induction, attended by an OB (Pooja can't deliver, no friends at birth only Craig).
Obviously I'm going to go for the first scenario primarily because I feel like it'll give me a better chance at having firstly a homebirth, but also because I've been on both sides on the labour coin having gone into labour on my own once and having been induced once. I know the difference and going into labour on my own is WAYYYYY easier than being induced with medicine. I'm sure I'll have more details tomorrow after my appointment with Pooja. I already have a list of questions and concerns to bring with me.
Monday, January 4, 2010
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You would have one friend at the hospital with option 2: ME!!!
I work Saturday and Sunday night if that is any consolation. And your friend Melissa could still be there with Craig if you wanted... the 2 support person rule.
I don't know much about the enema induction, sorry. Might be worth a shot considering this is #3 and how quick things went last time.
My advice: keep an open mind regardless of how things go. Each labour and delevery is different just as each child is different. Go with the flow and enjoy the experience!
Can't wait to hear how it all goes!
Amanda
ACK! Amanda you're THE person I wanted to read this!!!
I'd still want Pooja there though so I'd end up with 3 people... I think Melissa would have to sit this one out. Booooo to hospital rules. :P
I'm certainly openminded as far as heading to hospital if there's any hint of a complication or if I feel I'm not tolerating labour well but I absolutely know it would be easier if my body did this all on its own. As 'natural' as having my water broken is, it's still artificial in this scenario.
I'll keep in mind that you're working on the weekend! That would be a nice perk. Could I request you as my nurse? Oh, and I'm sure you heard Minke had her baby?
Michelle, I had to give myself an enema a few years back before surgery. I think if I hadn't been cleansing all day (liquid diet and whatnot) it wouldn't have been so bad. I mean it isn't something that I would do just for the heck of it and it wasn't fun, but it wasn't HORRIBLE.
just a wee note...
Pooja would have to be there to "do the baby"... she's in charge of him the moment he arrives... well you and Craig really are but you know what I mean??? So she doesn't count as a support person, but rather a necessary person, so what I am trying to say is that Melissa could be there. Sorry, that was the long way to say that... need my morning coffee still...
It would be a priviledge to be your nurse if you go with option #2...very fun!
Yep I was there when Minke was there but didn't get a chance to see her...
Can't wait to hear what Pooja says today and what the plan is!
Amanda
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