A helping hand

This afternoon we went back to the gynaecologist. They first hooked me up to the heart monitor - the baby's heart was beating away like it should and the baby was wriggling around the whole time. Then they did a quick scan and the sonographer said "Oh, here's a tiny bit of amniotic fluid." When I heard that, I pretty much knew what the gynaecologist was going to say. He said the heart was perfect and apparently I had a few contractions while I was attached to the monitor. So he still has hope that the baby will come out naturally. But if not, then I have to be at the hospital at 7 am tomorrow and they will insert some gel which should help my cervix to dilate. The gynae hopes that my uterus will take over at that point and that I will have an almost-natural birth. It could still take a while, but they need to speed things up now that the placenta is not working as well as it should be, thus producing less amniotic fluid.

This is very exciting! I could be a mum tomorrow! Or the day after, or tonight even. I've been walking around the house, doing all those last-minute things that really aren't that important. And I just bought some baby clothes off eBay. Crucial stuff.