Still waiting...

Sorry I didn't update yesterday - I hate to leave the millions of you who read this wondering if our daughter has made her arrival. No, she hasn't. I am 4cm, 75% effaced and super soft and forward. Everyone (including Dr. Pete) thinks that I will go in this weekend. Yeah right - I won't get my hopes up! We are scheduled to be induced on Tuesday *Chay's birthday* at 5:30am. I am really hoping we go before then, because I am not pretty at that time of the day :o) After our appointment yesterday, we went to the mall and walked for about 4 hours. The only thing that changed was the balance in our checking account. I am going to the other mall today with my mom, grandma, my mom-in-law, granny, and Isaac! I just keep on walking and squatting in hopes that labor begins soon! I am feeling no pain whatsoever, so I am hoping that this is the calm before the storm... I will keep you all posted!

LOL!!

This cartoon reminds me of the time my mom gave Isaac a bath and let him run around naked before getting him into his jammies! While playing by his high chair, he decided to go #2. My mom swept him away and got him cleaned up and finally put a diaper on. My mom was shocked when she came back out to the kitchen to find that it had been cleaned up... and nobody else was around to do it! Apparently the dog thought that it would be a yummy bedtime snack!!

Week 38

This week has been surprisingly easy in the pregnancy department! After going through the grueling process of having my membranes 'stripped' on our Friday appointment, I was miserable for the rest of the day and most of Saturday. The days prior to Friday, I could hardly walk and Dr. Pete says that when he tried to move Irelynn's head, she wouldn't budge. That would explain why I feel like there is a head between my legs ;o) Anyway, I have made my way to 2.5cm, super soft and she is engaged! However, that was 4 days ago and nothing has happened yet - arrgh! On a positive note, Dr. Pete said that if I haven't delivered by this Friday (the 7th), we would talk about inducing. I say: BRING IT ON! Hook me up with some pitocin and break my water, I can do the rest. So, we are hoping that Dr. Pete will send us over to Metro after our appointment on Friday and we will be holding our precious little girl before Saturday!! Either way, she will be here before we know it...

When will it be over???

Within 16 days :o)
That I know for sure, what I don't know is if these contractions are a sign that things will be happening sooner than that.
I have been feeling the Braxton Hicks contractions since about 20 weeks, they have been stronger for the past 2 weeks and yesterday they were every 5 minutes for several hours. I know what it feels like to be in 'real' labor and how much it really hurts, so I thought that I was in early labor last night. If it wasn't for developing a fever, we wouldn't have gone in to the hospital. But, at 10pm (the most convenient of times), I got the fever, we finished packing the bags and off we went (leaving Isaac behind with my mom). When we got there, they examined me and I am a full 2cm and the baby's heart-rate didn't show any signs of distress. I was mostly worried about the baby and thought that having a fever was a sign that she was having troubles. No worries, though, she is nice and healthy! So yeah, I didn't progress during that hour that I stayed. Knowing that it took me about 9 hours to get from 7-10cm, I knew that I wouldn't get to 3 cm in that hour. The nurses (who are amazing there) told me that since I wouldn't be wanting medication anyway, I should go home, try to rest, eat and come back when things are closer. So, here I am... sitting at home... resting... eating... anticipating change. Why can't my water just break? Then they couldn't send me home :o)