38 Weeks And A Big Decision

Today was my 38 week appointment.  We decided to do a size ultrasound to see how big this baby would be so we could make a better decision about an induction or c-section.  It was so cool to see him one last time on ultrasound and you could really see some of his features.  According to the ultrasound, he was measuring just below 8.5lbs (this can be wrong up to a pound either way but it was pretty accurate for the girls) and his head was measuring 41.5 weeks.  Yikes!  We reviewed what went wrong during Hailey's birth with Dr. Wagner and talked about his recommendation.  He stated from the beginning that a c-section was safer for the baby but was pretty non-committal about what we should do.  He did say if we were to do an induction, it would have to be exactly 39 weeks to keep the baby's weight down.  That was not ideal for me because exactly 39 weeks would be May 30th, which is the last day of school for both girls.  They both have school programs for me to attend and I'd really like to attend them if possible.  If baby comes on his own, that would be different, but if I was choosing, I'd prefer Friday (May 31) or that next Monday (June 3).  I was also concerned because of baby's head (and therefore shoulder) size.  Finally I asked Dr Wagner what he would want done if this was his wife and child and he said c-section so that's what we chose.  Since size doesn't matter for that, we decided to give ourselves the weekend to do fun things with the girls as a family of four and decided on June 3.  The c-section was set for 4pm.  Only a week and a half to go now - so excited and happy and nervous!