Had my 39 week appointment today. I was good, stuck to my guns, and wouldn’t let her do a cervix check, so I don’t know if all the contractions I’m feeling are amounting to anything. Uterus is measuring at 40 weeks now and baby’s heart rate was 148.
The doctor saw the size of my stomach and got the worried look on her face, but in all honesty, this baby is bigger than Connor, I know that already. I’m not scared of a big baby. She said she had an opening in her OR on Monday and wanted to know if I wanted to schedule, I said “No.” At this point, (in her mind, as a medical professional) I’m past the point of no return. In order for me to have a successful VBAC, I needed to go into labor prior to this baby getting as big as Connor. Now there is no reason to be anxious, as (again, in her mind) I’m on the road to a repeat c-section. So using that logic, I simply said “I’d rather just wait for this baby to tell me it is ready. Knowing my family history on both sides, we go two weeks late. I’m okay with that. If we are medically healthy and there is no reason for a c-section before 42 weeks, then I’d rather just wait for the baby to tell me it is ready to go. If at that point I get into labor and really can’t get the baby out, I’ll be just fine with having a c-section, but I’m not okay with scheduling one.”
She did say this was fine, but she wants me to have an NST (non-stress test) at my next appointment. I got lucky, she is gone Wednesday and Thursday next week, so I could schedule it either on Tuesday or Friday.
I chose Friday 
That puts me closer to 41 weeks and gives me a few days to still get into labor before going through another stressful appointment.
In all, I’m okay with how the appointment went. It was pretty close to how I was expecting it to go.
Now, please keep us in your thoughts, I need to get into labor! Walking, sex, EPO, RRL tea, etc, here I come!
~Jaci