To Induce or Not to Induce....

It's 1 March 2006, five days after our last doctor's appointment, when Dr Marci told us that Peanut would most likely arrive in the month of February. The only that was proven in the month of February however, is that this little guy works on no one's schedule but his own. The plan on Friday when we saw Dr Marci was to nudge Peanut along on 2 March if he hadn't made his appearance by then. Although there's little difference in the process, the procedure for me would have be augmenting labour as opposed to inducing labour, since it was determined that I was already in the early stages of labour. No need for details on how that was determined. :-)

Last night however, as the induction date approached, I started having second thoughts about inducing labour and after discussing it with Roshan, having a terribly sleepless night and speaking with Dr Marci this morning, we decided to go for a sonogram tomorrow instead, as a first step, before going in for an induction. So now we're set to have a sonogram tomorrow at 8.30am where the doctor will determine whether Peanut is in good enough shape for me to try hanging on for another couple of days in the hope that he decides to make his appearance unaided or whether it is best for Peanut to be coaxed into coming out tomorrow.

Tomorrow then, might be the day, when we meet Peanut after a long, long, long wait. Or, we might decide to give the guy a little more time in his warm and fuzzy environment before introducing him to the world. We'll keep you posted on what happens through the blog, phone calls and emails. Keep us in your prayers please.