Sesame by Coen

The waiting game

Well it looks like this baby has a very good chance of being born in December. I made a special trip to the doctors today in hopes that I was at a point to be induced, however I am not and the doctor really has no good reason to induce me. I totally understand and don't really want to be induced, especially since I'm not favorable and run a higher chance then of having complications and needing a C-section. It would be nice to have next week home with the baby for recovery and bonding and to have some extra time before Brittany's wedding to get a dress and shape up a little but it looks like I will get the whole week to myself instead.
So I am going to just keep going, hoping that the baby decides to come soon on her own. My doctor will be out of town from Tuesday-Sunday but then Monday (December 1) she said she would induce me. I will be just over 40 weeks and should be much more favorable to be induced.

So for now we will just wait and see and hope that she decides to come soon on her own.

No baby yet

Well I was really hoping to have the baby this weekend, but that doesn't seem like much of a possibility any more. At first it was wishful thinking but when my doctor told me things were progressing and she wasn't going out of town this weekend I became a little more hopeful. Oh well. This week really wouldn't be ideal to have a baby, since I have patients every day. I was planning on still seeing a couple of them if I had the baby over the weekend because they are for competencies but if I have the baby now, there wouldn't really be much time to get out of the hospital to see them. So whatever, its up to the baby now. I have another appointment on Friday and she will try to get labor going again for me (she actually did this past Friday too, which was surprising). However, I can't go into labor immediately after my appointment, I have to wait until after my candle party.

I am hoping that people come, only a couple of RSVPs so far. I would love free stuff if people buy things but I am more concerned that this party will count as one for Emily. I think enough people will come and buy things that it will work out ok. Emily's party today was really successful so I have high hopes for mine.

It seems so crazy still that any day now we will have two kids. With Coen I was very ready to have a baby in the house, this time around I am just ready to have the baby out of me. I haven't given much thought to actually having a baby in the house. Hopefully everything comes back to me. I figure I'll have some time off to catch up on reading and stuff so that will have to be sufficient. Today I spent a good portion of the day cleaning and "nesting". I finished getting the baby's room ready, put up the mobile, took out some baby toys, made a pile of things that need to be washed before the baby can use them/wear them. I'm not sure if I was actually nesting, which they say is a good sign that labor is coming, or if I was just bored and needed something to do.

My first Sunday with no studying and of course there are no good movies on TBS.

Day 3 of boards

I'm done!! For now at least. I really am not feeling like I passed, but there's nothing I can do about that now. I will find out my scores in 3-4 weeks and if I need to, I will retake the exam. So until then I am going to enjoy not studying and hopefully have this baby soon!

Day 2 of boards

Ouch...

Day 1 of boards

Well I knew today's exam was suppose to be a little easier than the NBDE boards but I think I may have set a record. I read all my questions thoroughly, thought a little about the ones I didn't know and was still finished in 2 hours, we had 6 to take the exam. So we'll see.

Tomorrow will be the longest day, 400 questions, and more challenging than todays.

Last night I had more nightmares and anxiety about going into labor than about taking these exams. Just two more days and then I can have this baby. I'm still hoping that three days of test taking is enough to put me into labor.

The nightmares begin

Well, my last weekend of studying is coming to an end. I spent most of yesterday and today taking practice tests, which I progressively did worse and worse on. So we'll see. I'm starting to get very nervous about the actual test. Luckily I still have two days to do a quick review and cram everything I can into my very full brain. The first day of testing is Wednesday and will be the "easiest" of the three days. The second day is a full day of testing with the most difficult questions and the third day is only half a day and should be a little easier than the second.

Friday after my test I have another doctors appointment. Hopefully there will be some kind of changes. Who knows, maybe three days of exams is all I need to put me into labor.

Friday night Josh and I are planning on going to see the new Saw movie to celebrate me hopefully never having to study again. (we're looking for a babysitter if there are any volunteers). I can't wait.