Tomorrow is the day: Scheduled for induction at 8:45 a.m. My gestational diabetes has gotten a bit out of control the past couple of weeks and I am only 5 days from my due date, so it is time to "git-er done." Hopefully, it should not take too long. My last was over in about 2 hours, but that was a premature labor they could not stop as opposed to an induction, which generally takes a bit longer than spontaneous labor. Thank goodness for epidurals, though. (Yes, I am a wimp during induction, this being my third out of five pregnancies. In my defense, though, I had only a shot of, I believe, Demerol, with my first and NOTHING with my last.)
My boss is awesome. I was scheduled to work this weekend but she asked one of the other gals in the department to cover, so I would have a chance to rest up - and to stop worrying about coverage if I went into labor on my own before or during the weekend. I'm already walking into this with my "normal" MS fatigue (actually a bit worse than normal, since I've been off my Provigil for months, on top of being as big as a house and uncomfortable beyond all imagination - unless you've been 9 months pregnant, that is, and know the meaning of "uncomfortable"!), so a couple of days of rest was just what I needed.
I saw my NL the other day, and she seemed pretty unconcerned about my syringo as far as labor (even though I'm looking at a 9+ pound baby). She said if it looked like I was having complications from it, they could give me some steroids (and presumably a visit with the neurosurgeon and treatment).
We had discussed months ago my return to MS treatment, and this time we talked some more about the problems I had been having on the Copaxone. She is not entirely convinced that was what caused my symptoms, so for now we are going to try it again and see how it goes. I already have most of a box of it (that I already paid through the nose for) sitting in my refrigerator these past 9 months that is good for another few months, so no reason not to give it a whirl, I guess. She had told me before that if I breast-feed, I cannot start back on any of my medications, and I really need to get back on them to try to prevent another flare and to mitigate some of the fatigue and pain from the MS.
So, anyhow.... See ya on the other side, folks!
