Baby Update #6

I have made it past 35 weeks, the ultimate goal! Although I do not have a set date for my induction, I should get one Monday. Rumor has it it will be probably be the 21st of July, putting me at 37 weeks and 2 days. Who would have ever believed that I would be here 2 months ago?

I keep secretly wishing I will go into labor on my own. I have never really had a "real" labor. Abby started coming early (around 35 weeks) due to me getting sick, but once they gave me fluids my labor stopped and they decided to just finish me off with some modern meds. Parker on the other hand just had to be induced even though I was past 40 weeks. Something in me almost doesn't believe that you can have a baby without pitocin. I would love to know what it feels like to have that surprise rush to the hospital. However, it looks like Baby #3 will be induced like all the rest. Oh well, at least I dont have to go all the way to 40 weeks.

And as a side note, what the heck is up with me having 2 children with not one stretch mark, and now all of a sudden my belly looks like a freakin' football field? Am i getting old or something? I am totally blaming this on what one friend affectionately called it one day..."the tar baby." (Meaning the tumor of course. Not Lucy.) Oh yeah and its grown again to 8 cm. But as the doc says, "who cares, baby is fine." Should I be worried I have to birth this thing? Oh well, it will all be over soon!