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My Birthing Experience

Hello everyone(:  As you probably already know, our little prince has made his entrance two weeks ago now! Just thought I'd share the whole experience..so here we go! Thursday, October 6--We had our 39 week check up in the afternoon. The appointment started off like normal--got weighed (189 lbs!), blood pressure checked (good), and the usual questions (do you feel like harming yourself, have you felt regular baby movement, do you have any concerns, etc). Nurse came in and did her assessment. It got a little interesting when she measured my fundus and was getting 44cm (the week before it measured at 39cm). She got concerned that maybe I had too much fluid in my uterus since the difference between the two weeks was so much. To make sure things were ok, she went to call a doctor to have him measure my fluid levels with an ultrasound. As we were waiting, we were joking that maybe we'll have to get induced since my coworker's wife (who's due date was three days afte