Feeling anxious

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FTM here, 39 weeks tomorrow. Last Wednesday I was dilated to “about a 1” and they said my cervix was very thin and baby girl’s head was super low. I did not do anything to try to hurry the process along over the past week because my husband has Covid, pneumonia, and the flu, so of course I am quarantining away from him. He is thankfully on the mend and getting close to being out of his own quarantine, so we are hoping to keep her in until he can be in the delivery room.

Yesterday I go in to get checked and the doctor says that last week’s “1” was generous and says that if there’s still no progress next week (I will go in at 39+5) we will talk induction for the week after my due date.

I am a bundle of nerves right now. Of course I want my little girl to wait until her daddy can see her be born, but I am terrified of an induction or emergency C section if my water breaks and I am not dilating. I just want this to be as natural as possible, but it feels like the last few weeks of this pregnancy have just been a disaster. The important thing is that she is healthy and makes it here ok, but it’s just so nerve wracking! I know a TON of things could change, but any advice on how to deal with these nerves or get myself dilating once hubby is feeling better?

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