A May baby??!

Still here waiting....and waiting.....and waiting. And so far it looks like our little girl has decided she is not done cooking until she decides she is! My only hope is that she is just waiting until her EDD and is not wanting to hang out longer than that. The one thing I really still want to avoid is induction. Even if I did end up getting the Epidural I was really hoping to labor at home as long as possible and get as far as I could on my own. Obviously if I have to be induced all the laboring will be done at the hospital. As each day goes by I'm starting to get a little more worried about this. I think I may even call my Bradley teacher to get her opinion if Lil Pea hasn't arrived by the end of the week.
This past Wednesday evening after work I went to have an Induction Massage done. I was actually pretty excited as I left there because I had started to get pretty intense lower abdominal cramping the last 15 minutes of the massage. She said this was a good sign that it might be working as this massage is of course not 100% effective for all women. She said it usually takes 24-48 hours to start working and up to 3 days. Which was perfect because I had my 39 week check up appointment with my Dr. on Friday. And would be getting another internal to check my progress. If the massage had started to work I should be more than 1cm like I was at my 38 week check up. By the way I am a little happy that my Dr. doesn't start the internals until 38 weeks. For one they aren't exactly comfortable. Also I have learned from friends and my own experience you could be 1-2 cm dilated at 36 weeks and it can mean absolutely NOTHING. Another reason is if he did start them that early that would mean I would have already had 4 internals and another scheduled for this Thursday!! NO THANKS! lol So anyways back to the massage. It was definitely pretty intense as my friend Lauren had warned me. Nothing too bad, but not exactly a massage you would every fall asleep during! Oh well, at least she seemed to rub out some stress spots in my upper shoulder/neck area that she said she could feel. Obviously Lil Pea could care less about that massage because when I went to see Dr. G Friday I will still exactly the same as the week before. 1cm and posterior. :-(
So we talked about what was next. We hoped I would maybe go into labor over the weekend as he was on call. If not even if it happens this week and he is around he would still come. He is only on call Thursday. If she hasn't arrived by Thursday we have an appointment and we will have an ultrasound and a few other tests done to check some things as I will be 40 weeks. Then we will schedule induction as he does not like his patients to go over 41 weeks. Which I understand. I'm not sure how well I can hold up past that!! I'm almost scared to hear her weight if we do get that ultrasound. After all she was approximately 6lbs 3oz @ 36 weeks. Maybe she has been on a recent diet? lol Don't get me wrong, of course I want her to be a healthy lil chunker. But 7-8 pounds sounds healthy to me. 9-10lbs I'm just not so sure! And I would like to try and avoid C-section.In the mean time we still go walking every day after work. I am still working but Wednesday will be my last day as Thursday our appointment is in the middle of the day and Friday is her due date so I think that will be it for me! ;-)
People still like to tell me different things to try but honestly I have never been a big believer in all that crap! I figured I would give the massage a shot but I just feel at this point she will come when she wants. I do think the walking is definitely good. I just think it also only does so much. After all, I know women who have went into early labor after being on bed rest with no help from massages, tea's, walking, sex. So it's really just up to your body and baby. My friend Dana did ask the L & D nurses at her hospital if they notice an increase in births around a full moon. And they said yes. So we will see as there is a full moon Wednesday, just two days before her due date.
I have still been getting a lot of the Braxton Hicks contractions the last 2 weeks but not sure if they are even doing anything. They don't hurt, just sometimes a little uncomfortable. I still also have been swelling a lot but Dr. said Friday my BP and urine are still great so it's nothing to be too worried about. I just have to remember I have an extra 30 pounds of pressure wearing down on me. With that said Saturday morning I woke up and found out the swelling was no longer just in my legs/ankles/feet. I could no longer fit my wedding rings on. So I got out my chain and now have them hanging around my neck. I can only imagine what this weekend will bring if I pass my due date and 40 week mark!! Yikes!

So that's it for now. With 276 days down and 4 days to go, we will very soon see what happens. Hoping our little girl wants to come meet us this week!! ♥

(never took a belly pic so here is one from my friend Megans's Baby shower on Saturday. 39 weeks preggo. Can't wait for Baby D to meet Baby A in person!!)