That's good news! I'm sitting in the waiting room, so we shall see! I never thought I'd make it to this appointment.

ETA that I only gained .5 lb this week, which is good. I'm just waiting for an empty exam room so I can sit and wait, bottomless, which is totally my favorite!!!!!!

EATA that I am 2.5cm dilated, still 70% effaced, but my OB says that I've progressed a lot (she said most women aren't 100% effaced until they're in labor), so she said any time now. I can't go on much longer, so induction date is 5/28 if I don't go on my own first.

Hi Ladies! I don't have much time now but I wanted to check in and let you all know that my adorable baby boy came crying hither in the wee hours of Wednesday morning! It was a very intense, all-natural 3-hour labor that came on with almost no warning signs. I was afraid we weren't going to make it to the birth center! Although my body never had time to ease into labor, I credit my quick recovery and healing to my athletic lifestyle and healthy eating. My sweet little son looks incredibly robust and is already nursing well. I will update when I can with the birth story and a picture.

YUP. I was so happy to set an induction date because now I have an end-date-certain. I'll be 39 weeks on Sunday. SO DONE.

For the past few nights I've actually had to get up in the middle of the night to pee (I had managed to avoid that by avoiding liquids past 8PM) because having anything in my bladder means too much compression down there and PAIN. I told my husband that last night I even laid awake for a few trying to determine if I was having contractions when I remembered from my childbirth class (in November 2010...) that you should pee first before you determine you're in labor. Lo and behold, I peed and felt a million times better.

Today I lost what little mucus plug I probably had left today, most likely due to the fact that my OB was messing with my cervix yesterday, but part of me is holding out hope that this means the real thing is close. (There's a big part of me that feels like I'm just playing the waiting game until my induction date.)

But I am NEVER comfortable anymore. At least a few weeks ago I could find maybe one position that was doable, but not anymore. Sitting hurts because everything is compressed. Standing hurts my back, hips, and legs. Walking hurts. I can't lie on my back, but if I could, I'm sure it would hurt because lying on either side hurts.

I have one more scheduled OB appointment (next Wednesday) before my induction date the following Tuesday. I'm wondering if I really have to bother with a pelvic check because what is it going to tell me other than I'm close and could go at any moment - just like now? I'll either go into labor on my own, or I won't, and doing a pelvic check isn't going to tell me which one is the case. All it's going to do is make me uncomfortable again. (I do understand that I should come in to have my BP and urine checked, but I'm not really sure what the point in the pelvic check is anymore.)

@LadyJocc - I would be FURIOUS!!! LIVID!! Pissed even....and I'm pretty sure I would let her know just how peeved I was. I am so sorry she's done that to you. How unsettling right before an impending birth!

Ok, my take on this is that chances are she's known for a while and should have said something - the question is, how soon? My and my sister"s OB was having a tummy tuck when my sister approached the end of her pregnancy, which she only told her about a couple of weeks in advance. However in her practice when you go into labor, you end up with the on-call doctor, which could be any of the seven doctors in the practice. I guess they all trust each other implicitly, or they wouldn't be in practice together. When I went into labor with my son, my OB just happened to be on call. With my sister, she couldn't get too upset because she might not have been guaranteed to have our specific OB anyway. The only way you are guaranteed your OB is if you get induced and don't go into labor on your own first. And even though I happened to get my OB the first time, I had different OBs from the practice checking in on me when they were on call, and the one who discharged me was not my usual OB. (This time I will not get my OB unless I deliver on 5/26 or end up going in for the induction on 5/28, since she's not on-call in the interim.

Our son's pediatrician's office is different. They don't do "on call," per se, where if you call after hours you get called back by the on-call doctor (which is how my dad's and my BIL's practices work); they tell you to go to Peds Plus at the hospital (pediatric clinic) or the ER. However they open up mega early in the morning, and they each do rounds regularly. My son's specific pediatrician is awesome and saw him the day he was born, saw him early the next morning, and discharged him very early the next day. So if he told me this close to delivery that he'd be MIA, I'd be a bit miffed, especially if I were paying out-of-network co-insurance to see him. However I know a couple of the other doctors in the practice and know my baby would be ok. I appreciate that there's a big difference between that and having your baby delivered, though.

If your OB would have delivered you regardless, then that is pretty huge. If not, then maybe she assumed you're like everyone else who just has to be ok with whatever OB from the practice. She might not know about the whole insurance thing (or she might not remember, if you told her). I would say something but say it to her personally so that she can learn from it rather than get her in trouble by talking to, say, the senior doctor or practice manager. I definitely think that's worthwhile.

The other thought I had is that this may have been somewhat last-minute, and she jumped at the chance to go, which is a personal decision.

Either way, telling you earlier would have been the best policy!