Close But No Cigar

Had my doc appt. this morning. My blood pressure was up again. They examined me and found that I am 2-3 cm dilated already. So the doc sent me to the hospital to the doc on call. She said she felt I should have the baby today. So off I went.

They monitored me at the hospital for about 3 hours and took some blood. For some reason my blood pressure stayed normal the whole time, and my blood work came out ok. So they sent me home. The doc on call felt that to induce before 39 weeks without a really good reason wasn't wise. I'll be 39 weeks on Friday. So if I don't go into labor on my own before then, they're going to induce me at 6:00 am on Friday. You can walk around 2-3 cm dilated for over a week, so somehow I doubt I'll go into labor on my own. But at least I have a date now.

I was still thoroughly annoyed. I mean, I got my hopes up, was already at the hospital all hooked up. To go back home really sucked. I'm supposed to take it easy until Friday, so I'm just going to lounge around for the next few days. After I have the baby and semi-recovered (enough to get to the computer) I'll give you all the gory details. :)

In other news, I went out to a signing in Queens yesterday. Brian Keene and Michael Laimo were promoting their new novels. I had a lot of fun. I brought my friend Polish girl along with me. :) Adam Pepper and Geoff Cooper were also in attendance and we all went out to The Outback afterwards and shot the shit. A very good reading, and a good time afterwards as well. I needed that. Lord knows when I'll be able to get out like that again.

Other than that, things are things. The usual. So, I won't take up any more of your time. Until next time...