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I feel so much more relaxed!! I was so worried, but my OB was fabulous at this appointment. She noted that I'm in great health (I'm seriously amazed at how generally good I feel for being this pregnant actually!), Jake looks wonderful on the NSTs and per my reports of lots of movement and position changes. She didn't want to order an ultrasound/BPP unless I felt like I needed it – and I don't really just yet.

She was generally unconcerned and ordered another NST for tomorrow and another again on Monday or Tuesday. I also have an appointment scheduled with her on Monday morning. She was a teensy bit concerned about the size he might be getting to, especially considering that DD3 was 8#12 at 41 weeks, but I told her I really don't feel like Jake is even that big yet. Even at almost 42 weeks I'm not as uncomfortable, nor as large, as I was with her. Also her daddy is 6'6" and she takes after him – she's always been very tall for her age, so I think her birth weight was driven more by that genetic legacy. And, anyway, I really don't believe I've made a baby my body can't birth. Especially with midwives and their bag of positioning tricks to help get those babies out.

I was so impressed by how low-key the doctor was. Yay! Part of it, I think, is that induction is not an option for me as far as she is concerned. She won't hook me up to any amount of Pit since I'm a VBAC. I can completely respect that. Induction of mamas with scarred uteri is a big part of what has made VBAC so damn hard to come by these days in the first place. Unfortunately, of course, that means if Jake needs to come out ASAP at some point for a medical reason, it will be straight to c/s.

Oh, I did have another vaginal exam – my request – not much change since the midwife did one on Tuesday. BLAH. She didn't exactly strip my membranes, but it was a rougher exam than I had from my midwife. No action as a result though.

Now this doctor actually has an acupuncturist and reflexologist who keep office hours at her practice. She hasn't been particularly impressed with the results of acupuncture for kick starting labor, but she has observed good results with the reflexology, so she recommended a session of that if I was interested. Hell yeah!

I talked to the reflexologist before I left the doc's office and scheduled an appointment for this evening. It was an hour session – a little painful at times, but she says the magic is, at least in part, in the pervasive relaxation that results. Indeed, three hours later and I feel… interesting. I feel mellow and relaxed, with a low-key energy. I've been having some nice contractions, but I tend to do that this time of night anyway lately. She said if it's going to induce anything, it will probably take 8-10 hours. <crossing fingers> but not expecting anything. If it didn't "take," we'll schedule another session on Monday…

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