Well.

Now that I've had some time to let that info sink in I can come back and explain. I had to go take a nap first- it took a bit more out of me to know the exact date than I thought it would. I mean you spend all this time looking up to the last weeks of a pregnancy and hoping for the birth day to get here and then you get within the "range" and there is so much anticipation surrounding the event. Scheduling it, was kinda of (I assume) like saying "Hey! I'm going into labor!" because given she doesn't do things her own way, Thursday morning I'm going to wake up and say "Its time to go the hospital now." Except, unlike countless others, I've known about it. So, yea, its kinda scary and if being pregnant had been more fun for me I might have entertained the thought of just keeping her in there. Sadly though, it wasn't as easy as I hear others say it is and so she has to come out. On Thursday.
Now, like you maybe, I've heard some pretty horrible stories about being induced. Most of the stories I've heard involve induction by pitocin, which is a drug they pump in through an iv line and basically pushes labor into hyper speed. With any induction there is an increased risk of interventions, with pitocin there are even more chances of something else needing done. But I'm not worried about it because, thankfully, my labor will not be started with that. It'll be started with some pill and then my water will be broken. The doctor assured me that I would be spending a fair amount of time waiting the day away. My other big concern was that I have heard with an induced labor you aren't allowed to move because you have to be monitored 100% of the time. Luckily, as long as everything is ok I will only be continuously monitored for the first hour. Luckily the hospital has fetal monitors that are wireless so even if I needed monitored constantly I can still get up and walk or move about as I see fit. So that is how it will go then. I won't have to worry about my blood sugars either as they will monitor them for me and do the injections as needed since I won't be able to eat. The doctors last piece of advice today was to get a lot of rest the night before (YEA RIGHT!!!) eat a nice filling breakfast and get excited!
And so the countdown begins. I have 2 shifts left at work which I am not looking forward to. My last day will be Saturday and then I have the whole beginning of next week to wait it out. Since the doctor made it clear we'd be sitting around for awhile I ordered the Twilight book from Amazon. I was going to go buy it at a store around here but Amazon was having this deal where if you sign up for a trial membership you get free 2 day shipping so I did that. And knowing myself and having all that free time I worried I would finish the book before Thursday so I ordered book 2 as well! Still cheaper than getting them in town. I got both books, brand new, for 14 bucks and free shipping- sweet. So thats what I'm taking. I'll also probably take our DS with us and maybe some cards? I don't know how to keep Chris entertained so hopefully the DS will do it. I suppose I could bring my laptop to. The hospital has free wireless internet but I don't want to look crazy bringing all these bags in with me. I'll just have to ask Christopher I guess...I wish I could bring my puppies- at least for a little bit- Sonata is a good snuggler when you aren't feeling the greatest...As for how I will pass the time next week, well that is a whole different story. I think I'm going to try and sleep. To bad sleep wasn't more comfortable or I could easily count on it passing the days for me. But I think I'll only be able to sleep the day away in hour long increments. It hurts to much to sleep longer. I'm also going to clean up. I got most of my deep cleaning down last week so I just need to go through and touch everything up and do little things like sweep and mop. I just hate mopping because with the pups my floor is constantly covered with muddy paw prints, but oh well. I think I might also watch some movies. I don't know what else I'll do so hopefully that will keep me entertained enough.