With any luck, today will be the day that we welcome our little girl into this world. Dealing with a pregnancy after a loss has been a lot more emotionally draining than I ever imagined it would be, so as much as I’ve tried to enjoy the last few days of pregnancy, I’m going to be relieved when this baby arrives safely. I trust myself much more to take care of her on the outside than I do on the inside.

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what’s been happening over the last few weeks so I wanted to give all of you a quick update.

What’s the Plan?

I’m heading into the hospital this morning for an amnio to check for lung maturity. I’ve already had the steroid shots and I’ll be 37 weeks so I’m not expecting any problems but pregnancy has a way of surprising us.

Funny story – The nurse at my last NST told us that she was explaining to a first time mom that they were going to do an amnio to check for maturity and the mom jumped in and said, “Oh, I’m mature!”.

I’m not sure I’ll ever be completely mature but now that we’re on our 5th baby I’m at least feeling fairly confident in my abilities. That being said, we’ve had a nearly 5 year gap since we’ve brought home a living baby so I’m sure I’ll have some re-learning to do.

The amnio is risky, because they have to go through my placenta. Since I’ve never had one before, I have to admit I’m a bit freaked out by the whole thing.

If the amnio comes back mature, as I expect it will, they’ll send me straight over the L&D for an induction.

June 5th actually sounds like kind of an awesome birthday to me. For those of you not in the hospital, you can enjoy the Transit of Venus. Venus is going to cross paths with the sun and this won’t happen again until the year 2117.

Why are they Inducing Early?

The short answer to this is my placentas suck. I’ve had 2 placental abruptions, which so far means I’ve abrupted 50% of the time. The last time my baby didn’t survive.

It’s fairly rare to have more than one placental abruption so when you combine that with the fact that my placenta is already beginning to calcify around the edges and has a small tear in it, delivery is by far the safest option.

What is Your Birth Plan

With my first two kids, I had very detailed birth plans. We’re talking pages and pages of instructions. Then I abrupted and all plans went out the window.

My birth plan this time is very simple. Don’t abrupt. Come home with a live baby.

My husband is being very nice and trying to put together a play list of relaxing music and figure out exactly what I want but honestly, I have no clue what I want. I can’t think beyond the goal of getting this baby here safely and however that has to happen, I’m good with that.

Will We Get Updates?

Depending on how I’m feeling, I’ll probably be posting updates to Twitter and Facebook so be sure you’re following us in both places.