Getting Closer...

Since I have so many doctor's appointments each week, I will just summarize the three I had this week! ;-)

First was my non stress test on Baby Dean on Tuesday morning. Nothing too exciting about that one.... I hadn't really felt him moving much for the 12 hours prior so I mentioned that and he proceeded to make me look like a fool moving all sorts around! But, they were happy to see that he was awake and moving; as was I. :-) My blood pressure was roughly 117/72, which is awesome - yay!

Wednesday was our specialist appointment. They took a few more looks at his heart, just to be certain all still looks good, even though the peds cardiologist gave us the thumbs up! They also measured the amniotic fluid and believe I am down from 31-33 to 24. I thought that was fantastic news, however the specialist wasn't as excited. She reiterated that I am still very high risk and that if my water to break I am to immediately get to a hospital - no shaving my legs or even packing a bag! The tech also mentioned Baby Dean was doing a great job at "practice breathing," so that is cool! The specialist said she would see me next week and off we went!

Today, Thursday, I had my "every 2 weeks" appointment at the Naval Hospital with a general OB doctor who measured my belly, which is measuring 40 weeks now. (I am sticking with a 1 cm growth every 2 weeks, so that works I guess) My weight was up to 166, so I gained only 1 pound in 2 weeks, which isn't what I would have hoped for at this point, however I did lose some of that amniotic fluid weight, so maybe that is counteracting what Baby Dean and I really gained...
My blood pressure was okay - 120/83. The doctor measured Baby Dean's heart rate as 150bpm...
He also reiterated the high risk of all of this fluid - I mentioned I was down to 24 and he too didn't seem to think that that was too significant. He mentioned the risks of the cord coming out first, when my water breaks, as well as 2 new risks that I had not heard/thought about.... 1) with my uterus being so stretched that it may not contract like it is supposed to, after the baby is born, therefore meds will help with that, but depending on how much blood loss there is, there may be a need for a blood transfusion and 2) that with all of this fluid, as time goes on, the baby has more opportunity to get himself wrapped up in the umbilical cord - no bueno.
And finally, the shocker news of the day - from the notes he read it looks like they (the Naval Hospital) are planning to induce at 37 weeks! He said that they follow what the specialist says and she had said between 37 and 39 weeks, so I suppose they are going with the 37 weeks...
I was quite shocked, as somehow I had not gotten this vibe from seeing the specialist just the day before, soooo I put in a call to her office to confirm that that is what she is still recommending/maybe she needs to speak with the Naval Hospital to clear things up...

Edited to Add:
Today, Friday, afternoon, I heard back from the specialist - she confirmed that I wasn't crazy - she is not recommending induction AT 37 weeks JUST to induce... that will come at 39 weeks! LOL
So from now until 39 weeks, if my body begins to labor - my cervix begins to dilate or efface - they will admit me to induce labor at that point. She also mentioned that we are still a ways out and we can't really make definitive plans because of the many variables... I will see her on Wednesday and see where things are at that time.