I called the midwife today because I’m exhausted, contracting, and really wanted to see if I could get my membranes stripped.

The midwife told me to meet her at the hospital and she’d see where I was by doing an internal and we could talk about options. I really didn’t have much faith that I’d get admitted.

She did an internal and I was still a “loose 1cm dilated”. However, instead of the baby dropping more….she’s gone back into my pelvis!! The last appointment she was even with my pelvis at a 0 station. This check — she’s -3. That’s right…PDB has decided to retreat back into my belly. AUGH!!!

So the real issue was the sleep deprivation and me being absolutely exhausted and contracting throughout the night. The options were that I could stay in the hospital for a nice nap and get on Nubain or I could go home and do Ambien.

I really wasn’t fond of either of the options. Both cross the placenta and will make the baby sluggish. I don’t want the baby to be at harm in any way and I also want to be able to play prod with her and have her respond back!

So, we talked about it and decided that I should probably get the script filled for Ambien. That way if I go another night or so with little or no sleep then I can take one.

I was also able to get my membranes stripped! I was pretty excited about that and it really didn’t hurt too bad. I winced a little bit but I think overall I’ve gotten pretty used to the internal exams and I’m able to get through the pain.

When I got home I went to the bathroom and I was happy to see quite a bit of pinkish brown blood on the toilet paper!

I tried to take a nap but alas…the contractions kept me awake.

So now we’re sitting around watching television and I hope to get some sleep tonight.