Plan of Attack

I went to the midwife on Tuesday, hoping that she would be able to naturally speed up the baby's arrival. However, we found out that I have not progressed at all and so she couldn't do the procedure she was going to. Seems like the little guy is very content.

With the upcoming laser surgery I won't be able to nurse for 5 days, so the midwife really thought that in the long run, although neither she nor I really want an induction, it would be the best for baby and for me. She said that chances of him being able to continue nursing long-term after five days of formula would be a lot better if I had at least a week to get my milk supply in. So, with a little trepidation, we went ahead and scheduled the induction.

They wanted to induce Sunday night, but we are going to pick up Mom from the airport that day. So that pushed the date off to Monday night, with pitocin set to start Tuesday morning. This makes Nathan really happy because he really wanted the baby to be born on 11/12/13. It looks like he may get his wish!

I would much rather go into labor naturally before then, and that is what I'm praying. But I guess in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn't matter.

Eye procedure is still scheduled for the 22nd. Insurance approved the laser part of the surgery so that is a huge praise! Now we're just really praying that they will cover the injection, but we won't find that out till after the procedure has taken place and they have received the bills. Please pray that would be covered!

I should hear from the oncologist doctor here in town soon about scheduling cancer screenings to make sure it hasn't spread. He confirmed that the bloodwork came out good and said if there was anything too advanced it would have shown up.They are going to try to schedule everything for the 21st, but I won't know for sure until tomorrow.

So now we are just waiting, and trusting God to do great things. He is a great God, and like our dear evangelist friend reminded us, He is still the God of miracles.