37 Weeks- Getting Closer!

Well this past week we had 2 visits! One was with my regular mid wife & the other was with our specialist. The midwife visit went as usual, although I did manage to lose 4 lbs since last week somehow! & I got my group B strep test done. The specialist appointment was our last ultrasound of Hailee that we were going to get. This time Steve was off work so he was able to go with me. Our sweet girl now weighs 5lbs 13oz. Which is really what a normal average baby should weigh at this time. So that means we're going to have a chunky one our hands. It really makes me nervous to have her naturally with her being this big already. Well the plans were that my regular doctor's office had decided to hold off with inducing me until I was 41 weeks so that hopefully I would go into labor on my own. The problem with inducing the labor is that since there is so much missing with her brain and the drugs that they put me on to induce the labor it takes longer since there's nothing there for the drugs to trigger and say Hey it's time for you to come out now! But after my ultrasound tech did all her measuring she sent copies over to our specialists office and he examined them. Once he came to our room he informed us that her amniotic fluid was starting to build up around her. The reason it builds up is because she doesn't swallow as much of it as she should. He said he could see where she was swallowing some of it because she had a pocket in her belly. He recommended that we have her early. He suggested 39weeks be the latest that I have her. He says that within the next few weeks that I'm going to get uncomfortable and find it hard to breathe as if someone is cutting my air supply off. All this is due to her not being able to swallow her amniotic fluid. So this week when I go in to my midwife's clinic we will discuss the date that we will be going in the hospital to be induced. It's a bittersweet moment. I'm going to miss feeling her kick and move in my belly everyday! Let me tell you she's more active than what Ethan ever was! But at the same time we've known that this moment was coming for quite some time now & we're just ready to meet our sweet little angel! Thanks again for all the thoughts & prayers! I will update as soon as we get more news on when we are going to have her!