Wait, Doc. You're going where? WHEN?

Today was the third of our weekly appointments, third internal, and we only have 2 more appointments scheduled! Ahhh!!

So my doctor comes in and asks me how it's going, do I have any questions/concerns, the usual. Then he launches into "the speech". Basically, he and his wife booked a vacation months and months ago for August 6-13. My due date is the 7th.

Of course, when they booked this vacation this past winter, there were two other OBs in the practice. Doctor Cook had her son this past May, and has elected to stay at home with him for a year instead of coming back. Ok....well I certainly can't fault her. She's a great doctor but I would do it too if I could!

So then in June, Dr. Li decides she is taking a fellowship at a very prestigious hospital. Again, ok-I can see her being offered a great position that she just can't turn down. She left a couple of weeks ago. So now we're down to Dr. H...whoa.

Dr. H is awesome. J and I really like him.  He told me that today I'm again a "good" 3 centimeters and at least 90% effaced. I got the whole labor speech and both of his cell phone numbers. They're doubting that I'll even make it to August at this point. BUT, and there's always a but, if we're still at this point and I'm getting close to that second week in August with no more progress, he's given me the option of induction right before he goes away. He does have another doctor from another practice covering for him the week he's gone, but since he's been with J and I the whole time he's looking forward to delivering our son versus someone we haven't met, and J and I feel the same.

Ugh. I've been so against induction before your due date this whole time. I'm not really interested in pitocin and the whole she-bang. On the other hand, he said that he wouldn't bring this up if I wasn't an amazing candidate for induction, and that I wouldn't even need to go in the night before for cervadil or anything. Obviously, he said it is completely up to us and doesn't want to talk us into anything we aren't comfortable doing.

At this point, we have a week and a half before we even need to make a decision. I think right now I'm just going to continue to read up on everything and hope that Baby 'Houla comes on his own, when he's ready. Do I want a stranger delivering, if it comes to that? Am I even going to care?