Went to the baby Dr. this morning. B/P 122/72, wt 187ish, baby's HR 147. My measurements are still increasing, so baby is still growing. Still head down, still 1cm dilated and about 50% effaced. Dr. H said he is normally a proponent of induction, as an obstetrician he said he feels nothing really good happens after 39 weeks. However, at this point the condition of my cervix is still not ideal for induction so if we did induce it would probably take awhile and it would be hard. So he suggested stripping my membranes, which I agreed to. I realized he probably hadn't done it before, since the last time I saw him I wasn't dilated at all. He said he is a big believer in "serial" membrane stripping. So we made another appointment for Monday to come back and do it again (if needed). He did say also that frequently after doing that labor will start with your water breaking earlier, so be prepared for a flood.
At this point my only worry with waiting is that the PUPPs might come back. Dr. H said if it does I could just call in and say I'm 40 weeks and I have PUPPs and I want to be induced and they would do it straight away. He said we could do another Medrol dose pack as well (or instead). Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but it feels good having a plan B. Makes it a little easier to be patient and wait. He did also mention that normally the dose pack will improve the PUPPs, but not make it go away completely so it's possible that it wasn't even PUPPs at all but rather something else.
I did have a lot of contractions late in the day yesterday, and a few this morning. Then ever since our appointment I've been feeling pretty crampy as well. So maybe we won't have long to wait. We are starting to come to terms with not getting that extra deduction on our taxes this year, so if that's the case I'm not that anxious to rush him. So anyway, I'll keep you posted!
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