37 Week Appt

We had our 37 week appt this afternoon and it was a rather pleasant visit. First, for the first time I think the whole pregnancy I was up nearly 3 pounds.....yay, I've been dying to gain weight the entire pregnancy. Funny it happens when it is nearly the end. The resident Dr. came in and as everyone knows I don't care to see different Drs, I just think it's pointless, they don't know what's going on and I always feel like I'm heard. She measured my belly all is well there, listened to the heartbeat, which is still 140s, and that was it. She did make the remark who would have thought you would still be pregnant, based on my past history. We got into a discussion on an end point should labor not start on it's own and she told me 41 weeks. Well this is something I just didn't agree with and needless to say I became annoyed. She said she was going to get Dr. Curtain to sign off. I said well aren't you going to check me, (meaning my cervix)? She said no, it's not standard procedure, which I think is a load of bull, anyways, she proceeds to say do you want checked, um yes, I live an hour from the hospital, I want to know what's going on. I am finally 5 cm, I have progressed from 4. She goes and gets Dr. Curtain, who comes in alone and he finds it absurd to wait until 41 weeks and said if I do not have a baby by 39 weeks, he will induce. He said I am very good candidate for induction as I am dilated to a 5 and things should progress very quickly, although he said I should go within the next week. This is why I am so adamant on seeing the same Dr. he clearly knows what is going on and where it may be standard procedure to induce at 41 weeks I don't feel as though I am a standard case, I mean look at all the crap we have been through. We go back next Friday, and I believe if I understood right, if I am still pregnant at that time we will schedule our induction date. I still can't believe I went into preterm labor at 33 weeks and without any medication have managed to make it to the point of being induced. I'm not a fan of the whole induction process, however I am less of fan of staying pregnant until 41 weeks, so I'm hoping and praying baby decides to come within the next week or so. Stay tuned......