4 Days Later

So today was the 40 week appointment - although it was four days after the due date. Dr says I'm now about 3 cm and 80% effaced so I've made a little more progress. Because I'm now technically overdue we had to go in for a Non Stress Test (NST) today. Basically I had to lay in a hospital bed with all the monitoring gear on for an hour or so. Baby looked fine on that and the ultrasound machine (apparently, Dan and I couldn't make out much on the ultrasound). Also I am having some little contractions which is good - sort of a pre show kind of deal. We have to go in on Sunday for another NST if baby doesn't come before then. After that we have the 41 week appointment scheduled for Monday if we make it there. So again we are basically just waiting for things to kick into high gear. Hopefully the next update will be from the hospital ;)

Still Waiting

Doctors appointment was uneventful. I finally stopped gaining weight, I haven't dilated or effaced any further so now she's started mentioning what we might do in the coming weeks to get things moving. She wanted to sweep my membranes right there but Dan was at work and there was no way I was going to take that kind of pain by myself, not to mention we aren't due until Sunday so intervention seems a little premature at this point. Next week we start doing non stress tests along with twice weekly appointments. On that note though I wouldn't mind it if she decided to show up on time but I really don't have any indicators of that happening so :p

For those of you who are on the baby alert system I figured I'd let you know the basics of how it will work. Essentially everyone who got a text last night will get another one once real labor starts, you'll then get one when we head into the hospital (which could be many hours apart so just chill ;), and you'll get a third once baby is here with all the vital stats and what not (which again could be many hours from the previous one) we may throw in a couple in between but for the most part these are the messages you'll get. With that you can respond with texts - which we may not be able to respond to depending on what's going on - but we won't be answering any phone calls so please don't try and call. Eventually we'll probably send out another text letting people know when we'll be willing to start answering the phone, but for most that will likely be after we get out of the hospital.

For those of you who didn't get a text, if you can receive them and would like to, just get your number to us - you can send me a message on facebook if need be. Also I'm sure we will be sporadically updating on facebook but that will be less consistent than the text message system.
So with that business out of the way, here's hoping she decides to make her entrance soon.

Dr's updates

So I don't have GBS - this is awesome because it means I can labor at home for a bit as opposed to going to the hospital right away to be put on antibiotics. Also todays visit puts us at 2 cm and 50% effaced so apparently we are making progress - I can't really feel the contractions that are doing the work so that's pleasant. We started a pool at work so if anyone wants to add their two cents you're welcome to :) One of my co-workers thinks I'll be having the baby Thursday but no one has put me past my due date so I guess we'll see.

The Doc seems to think we're a little bit crazy because we don't want dilation updates while in labor but I'll be dealing with other stuff - I think she also sees my lack of impatience as being rather strange. I just figure she'll get here when she's ready. In the meantime I've been getting some stuff done - We got all the diapers washed, folded and put away - clothes and blankets too. We did some cleaning this weekend including the car and now we just need to get the rest of the house in order. I've also started packing the hospital bag including the outfits for Lili to wear home - apparently this is one of the most important things you can pack ;)

That's really all I've got for now - just waiting :D

It's been a while...

Sorry again for not updating - for the most part things have been very quiet in terms of the pregnancy. No Gestational Diabetes, no pre-eclampsia or any signs of it - we're sort of just waiting now for her to be ready. At the last appointment we did a test for Group B Strep, which I imagine we'll get the results of tomorrow. I was also one centimeter dilated but that doesn't really mean anything so don't get too excited. I may be having the occasional contraction but I don't know - nothing really hurts yet (except my back :P). We had maternity photos done - a few of which I've posted on my FB but I'll post here as well. We also had a fun baby shower with Trevor's family where we all played dress up :D. We got the travel system (car seat and stroller) thanks to some very awesome people and a lot of cute stuff thanks to some other very awesome people. Thank you to the mom's - we've got a good amount of diapers to start and lots of cute outfits. Also, thank you Aunt Janice I know you'll be outfitting us with more diapers :D.

In non baby news - the cat is trying to make us go broke but is apparently feeling better now and Dan has a job with the army core of engineers that will help us pad the accounts while I'm off work. And now I need to go pick him up so we can make it to our baby class on time.