The big question at the end of a surro pregnancy (other than when will the baby get here) is when should the parents come to town?
Our plan was for S&J to head to town last Monday, November 25th. But then some things came up, and it turned out that they weren't going to have the time they were expecting to just hang out and wait for baby like we all thought they would. This turn of events caused us to start playing the "when is the best time to come out" game.... Unfortunately, there is just no way to tell. A lot of surros will schedule an elective induction to give their IPs an end date to the pregnancy. Even though babies don't always follow best laid plans (Miss Mia.....), it at least gives a jumping off point for planning travel. We decided not to do that this time; S&J want Baby Boy to come when he is ready, and not when we are ready for him. Also, my doc went out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday- so scheduling an induction with an absent doc is a little tricky. Every week at my appointments we tried to gauge if anything was happening in there. And every week, it was a resounding NO! Little Mister seems perfectly content to hang out and be all cozy in my uterus. And apparently, my uterus likes him there and is not interested in kicking him out.
So, travel plans were changed. I delivered two of our babies at 39.1 weeks; the longest I was ever pregnant. My doc and I figured I would very likely go to that date, if not a little later. Nov 25th put me at just over 38 weeks; not wanting S&J to have to hang around with no baby, we pushed back the travel date. Seth and Johnny, and Seth's parents came in on Thanksgiving evening.
What a fantastic Thanksgiving! My parents were here for the holiday, so they were able to meet everyone. We had a ton of food and good conversation. The travel itself was a different story, though. Well.... The travel was okay. It was getting into town that was the kicker. Someone in Phoenix, the connecting stop, fell down on the job that afternoon.... He or she neglected to load a whole bin of luggage onto the plane. And, yep, that's right- all of our party's luggage was in that bin. They had to wait until after 2pm the next day to get their things!!! And to add insult to injury, when they arrived in our fair city, the rental car place was out of cars. Oh yes, you read that right. Totally out of cars. Now I know we live in a smallish town, but seriously....... Good thing Chris and I decided to surprise them at the airport!!! Luckily, the reservation at the hotel was on file and they were able to check in without a hitch. And as of now, they have their rental along with all their things.
So now we wait. I'm 39.1 weeks today. The longest I've been pregnant. Will Baby Boy choose to come sometime today? I thought maybe so earlier. Now I'm not so certain. I had a night and early morning full of contractions, but now they've calmed down. My luck, it will happen at 2am, when I have to wake a babysitter for the kids and drag them all out of bed. Oh yeah, and my doctor is still out of town. I guess statistically I was bound to have a call doctor sooner or later. The first 4 babies were all delivered by my own doc, and that is a pretty rare thing. My next appointment is Tuesday morning. We may make it until then, who knows???
I just hope we don't have to wait on Little Mister too much longer. We're all very excited to meet him!
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