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Thursday night, I go to the hospital. They'll give me a drug called Cervadil which will...wait for it...ripen my cervix. Then, they will knock me out until the morning, at which time, I'll be woken up and given Pitocin which should begin labor. They expect me to progress through out the day and hopefully have the baby by the evening (if not before.) If it doesn't seem to be progressing at a rate they want, they'll stop the Pitocin and let me sleep. Saturday morning, they'll start the whole process again, this time pulling out all the stops by doing things like breaking my water (if it hasn't already broken) and other things that I'm unaware of. Unfortunately, this means that I can't leave the hospital so, if we go into Saturday night SANS Mr. Baby, they will have to do a C-Section............. Let's all hope it doesn't come to that. I'm trying not to even let it enter my head too much, and I'm trying not to focus on how basically unnatural this process is, but it seems to be the consensus that it's necessary. Also, as I've made perfectly clear to anyone within earshot, I can't take much more of this pregnancy business. Three more weeks (and possibly more if I was late) of the itching and the insomnia and the 2-in-the-morning indigestion attacks and the not being able to tie your own shoes.....and they might be fitting me for a maternity-sized straight jacket. So, I suppose this is really best. I've been having lots of contractions (little ones) all day, so this is a good sign. Also, the little guy is squirming around in there and letting me know that he's doing just fine, so everything is looking very positive. In the next couple of days, I will try to sleep a lot, drinks lots of water, eat good food (including some Hagen Daz coffee toffee bars,) and go on a nice walk. Thursday, we'll go for dinner right before we head to the hospital, effectively bidding farewell to our childless life.......

Cross your fingers, say a prayer, do some nice chanting.......whatever it is you do......that all goes well and as it should. Much love to you all.

Tina