The end is in sight!

So I had my appointment this afternoon and it was a good one. Yeah! I am between 3 and 4 cm dilated and 75% effaced - which is what I was expecting since I've been up the past two nights with contractions. I also got an induction scheduled for next Wednesday, the 27th. Naturally I would prefer to go on my own, but it is such a huge weight lifted from my mind to know I only have 6 days at most left. 

In other less exciting news, the baby's heartbeat is still in the 160's (good grief!) and my blood pressure was actually a little high. I also have to go in on Monday for a non-stress test since I'll be 41 weeks at that point.  They'll hook me up to a fetal monitor and check for heartbeat, fetal movements and also to see if I'm contracting at all. They'll do that for 20-30 minutes.

So, all in all I am feeling so much better. The past few days have been frustrating, but now I know I'm progressing and I know I will get to meet this baby for sure in less than a week!!!! That's the most exciting part, for sure. :)

Correction

I just looked at my appointment sheet and I'm actually not scheduled to go back today - it won't be until tomorrow. Not that it matters all that much at this point. The appointment next Monday (and it IS on Monday) is the one where I'd get scheduled to be induced if need be. We'll see...

My appointment...

...is not until 2:15 HST, so for all you east coasters (which I am fairly certain is everyone reading this) I won't be able to post anything until about 9pm EST.

I know, I know

I said I wasn't going to post anymore until the baby was born, but... it's the middle of the night and I can't sleep. Again. I'm totally obsessed. I keep trying to tell myself that I need to stop and the baby will be born when he's ready, but it's all. I. can. think. about. Even though I'm only two hours into my actual due date, I'm trying to just mentally plan on being induced some time next week. Anything to make me stop wondering every flipping minute if something is going to happen soon. My next appointment is Wednesday, then another one the following Monday. At that point I'll be put on a schedule for induction. 

Physically, I'm definitely tired of being pregnant, but mentally and emotionally, it's worse. I'm out of things to do to distract myself from the waiting and I just really, really want to get on with it.

I suppose an important lesson to be learned is to assume NOTHING from pregnancy to pregnancy. 

Well, I'm going to stop right here, before this turns into a big whine-a-thon. I'll probably go ahead and post after my Wednesday appointment, and then again next Monday - hopefully with a date and time!

39 Weeks, 6 days

Still pregnant...

39 Week Appointment

Sigh...

No change. No change whatsoever from last week to this week. She stripped my membranes again but it hasn't had any impact so far and I don't think I'm expecting it to. So, we'll see how everything eventually plays out and what actually happens. Not that it means anything, but this is exactly how it was with Dominic. 

My mom thinks that since I had a bigger baby last time, and now I'm expecting a smaller one, my body will hang onto this baby longer since my capacity inside is greater. That (unfortunately) makes a lot of sense.

My grandmother thinks I'll have the baby with the full moon this Saturday. My nurse practitioner also seems to think that does have some influence on when babies are born. We'll see...

Over it

I know I haven't reached my due date yet, but I'm already starting to feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever and the baby will never come out. I've had two nights now of waking up to contractions that happen just long enough to make me wonder if this might actually be it, and then they stop. 

I have my 39 week appointment in about three hours, so I'll report back on that later, but unless something really interesting happens before the baby is born, I think that will be it until the big event. I don't want this to turn into the place where I come to whine, since I know in my head I don't actually have anything legitimate to be so upset about.