Maybe there is a light at the end of this dark tunnel....

So today was our doctor appointment, and guess what???   NOTHING!    That's right.  Absolutely no change from our last appointment.   I'm not going to lie, I was really really disapointed.   I was hoping that we would have been far enough along that we could be induced.    My doctor said we could be induced now if we wanted, he would do it, but there would be a higher chance that we would end up having a c-section (which I do not want).  The problem is that the medicine they give you to induce you just helps the thinning of your cervix (sorry for those of you who don't care to read about this...) and not the dialation.  I need to dialate more because I'm only at 1 cm, but I am 80 % effaced.... so there would be a good chance that the induction medicine wouldn't do much except give me some contractions, but not help much with the dialation and I would have to have a c-section.      So, my doctors advice was to wait it out 1 more week and see if she comes on her own.  I trust that my doctor knows what he's talking about, I mean he has been doing this for a while.     So unless our little bundle of joy decides to come this week, we will be induced on September 7th.     I was fairly upset after our appointment because I felt like things are just not working out like they are supposed to, but when we got home I took a nice long nap and when I woke up I felt so much better.   I feel better because now as I see it, there is an end.  We will have a baby by next week, unless she gets here sooner.   Yes I would love it if she decides to come here before the 7th, but if she doesn't thats okay because I know that by next week I will finally get to hold her!   I just want a healthy happy baby!   So wish us luck, and wishing she might come before the 7th won't hurt either *wink*

What are the chances?

Well today is August 29, 2010..... my estimated delivery date!    I can't believe it is here already.  Although, I thought for sure that I would definetly have my baby before now, but I guess that shows you how WRONG I was.  I still do not feel like she is any closer to coming.   I've had no major contractions this past week, just indigestion and heartburn!    I keep hoping that might be a sign labor is close, but then nothing happens, just misery.   I've finally accepted the fact that she isn't coming out until she wants to.    Oh and all those wife tales about what to do to naturally induce labor..... yeah they don't work.     I've tried them all.   You can not expect that you can have your baby when YOU want because they will come out when they are good and ready.   I  suppose our little gal is just not ready to meet everyone yet.      I'll let her take her time, even though it is frustrating the heck out of me, maybe all this frustration is just the precursor to what parenthood is actually going to be like.   Hahaha   

I do think that maybe I hit a little bit of a "nesting" phase on Friday.    It all started with a book shelf.     I told Brad that maybe we should buy this book shelf so we could put all of our movies in one place.   We got home and relized that once we put together the book shelf, it would not fit in our front room.    We thought about it for a while and decided that we had to get rid of our recliners.  Once we got them out of the way, we realized that we still did not have the room so we moved all the furniture around.     It actually looks lots better than before, but its funny how it all started with something as simple as a book shelf.   I think all the "moving" that I did not do wore me out because all I wanted to do yesterday is sleep.

I know I keep saying this, but hopefully the next time I post on here I'll officially be a mom!