Well, today I'm 40 weeks and 5 days.
Wait, what?!
Yeah.
Here's a recap of my appointment.
So I went in for my appointment, and she was talking about how I'm overdue now, and blah blah blah, and I'm going in for a non-stress test on Sunday at 2 to check amniotic fluid levels and make sure the baby's heartrate is ok. I really didn't want that done because I don't want ANYTHING done, but I was like whatever, I'll go with it. They said they'll check me for dilation, and then they'll check again next Friday (my next appointment), and if I'm not dilated and my cervix isn't soft, they can't induce me, I would have to have a C-section. They said they will wait as long as possible, but they really want me to have her by 42 weeks. So she said that they don't have to check me for dilation today, it's my choice, but it will give them an idea as to where I'm at and all that.
So I went ahead with it. I didn't want to be checked, but I figured I REALLY don't want to be induced, so I would rather do this and submit to a battery of tests and stuff than be induced. So she checks me, and I'm 3-4 cm dilated. Sweet! That means that if worst comes to worst, they can strip my membranes and/or break my water, and if absolutely necessary, induce me.
So then I said something about how I'm only a day overdue. So she gave me a funny look and said...... PLOT TWIST......
"No, you're actually 5 days overdue. You were due on the 11th."
OMG! NO WAY! I had no idea!
What happened was when I got pregnant, it was right after my miscarriage. I thought I ovulated on January 28, which put me at October 22 for a due date. So I went in for my first ultrasound, and for being so early, it was really clear and it was clearly a BABY, it didn't look like a blob like it normally does that early. And that ultrasound measured me farther along, and gave me a due date of October 11. The first ultrasound is always the most accurate, so later on, I brought it up with my doctor (who didn't even LOOK at it), and she was like "Ok, that's weird, but I guess we'll wait till your 20 week ultrasound and see what it says." Which is kind of dumb, because the 20 week ultrasound is always about a week off, but whatever. So the 20 week ultrasound put me at October 15. That's what she put on my record.
So at 26 weeks, I switched to my midwife. When I was giving her all this information, I told them about the due date crap, and I thought she would keep it at the 15th like my doctor did, but I learned today that they went by the first ultrasound instead of the 20 week one, since it's most accurate, so they've had me in the system as October 11, and I didn't even know!!
So on Sunday I'll be a week overdue. That blows my mind!!
But it was TOTALLY a God thing, because if I had known I was due on the 11th, we wouldn't have gone to our new town on the 12th (which is 3 hours from the hospital I'm delivering at), which means we wouldn't have picked the apartment we picked, I would've just had to flip a coin and pick one, or go with what Nic thought.... but I hated the one Nic thought I would like. So it was totally a God thing that I didn't know!
So now we wait. Hopefully not for long. I'm fine with being pregnant longer, but Nic is getting a little impatient!