39 weeks

My checkup went fine this morning. I'm measuring right on target at 39. My weight was up 2 pounds from last week. My bp was a bit elevated at 150/90, but that's where it was sitting before I got back on my medicine. I don't have any (other) pre-eclampsia symptoms and my doctor is not particularly concerned yet. I asked him to do an internal check and we found that I am dilated to 2 and about 80% effaced. He said that was very encouraging! The baby's head and my cervix are low. (It didn't feel like he was reaching for my tonsils during the exam like last time. :-)

We are expecting and hoping that I will go into labor on my own, of course. However, we did schedule another checkup for Monday 9/8. At which point we will set a date for a scheduled c-section (since induction is out this time). We could choose to have it the next day, or wait several more days. My doctor has 9/9 in my chart as my "calculated" due date, but I reminded him that that date was based on a guessed LMP. The ultrasound due date in my chart is 9/12, so right now I'm personally leaning toward Monday 9/15 if I don't have the baby before then. If we do choose a date that is past 9/12, he will probably want me to have a biophysical profile done, and he might want one if we select a date after 9/9.