Still Waiting!!

Well, there hasn't been much progress in the last week. After being told last Wed. night that we would be taking home a baby that night, we still don't have a baby. It's a little frustrating, but I still have 1 1/2-2 weeks until my due date. So who knows how long this wait will last.

At my doctor's appointment this week, I was still 3 cm dilated, 100% effaced. She said the baby was at a +1 station, which means she is very low and she is ready to come out! So my body is ready, the baby is ready...we just need some contractions to get things going! The doctor did hint that she was on call on Wed (Nov 5) and it may be a possibility to induce then. I'm kind of liking that idea. Then I would be in the hospital and ready to go...I hate surprises, so knowing the exact time that I would go into labor is appealing. We go back to the doctor on Tuesday, so for now, we've got more waiting to do.

Daniel and I have been crossing things off of my to do list from my last post.

1. We did go for one walk. It's supposed to be really nice this weekend, so I think we need to go on some more walks.

2. I finished one library book, still have one to go.

3. Baby announcements are done (minus the picture and birth info!). I told Daniel on Wed, that I didn't think the baby would come until we finished the announcements. He helped me and we got them all done on Wed. night.

4. I just started the Christmas cards last night. That's on the list for this afternoon and this weekend.

5. The nursery is organized and ready to go. Here are a few pictures.

(The letters spelling her name are going to go above the dresser. We can't hang those yet, because we have some eager friends with keys to our house who just might be willing to sneak in and spy on the name early!) Back to my list...

6. I have played some Tetris, and Daniel has even started playing with me (even though he said he hated Tetris). I played one game of Super Mario 3 and I am definitely rusty. I couldn't pass the first world. So there's some work to do there.

7. I haven't done much for my November stamp club besides clean up my stamping area.

8. Daniel and I both cleaned out our dressers/closets this morning. He is on his way to Goodwill right now with some bags of clothes.

So, I think I'm going to need a new list if this waiting goes on for much longer. I wish I could just sleep and be lazy. But I have been so uncomfortable...sleeping is next to impossible. I think I've averaged maybe 4 hours the past few nights (getting ready for sleepless nights with the baby everyone tells me. But it would be nice to be able to sleep now since I know I won't sleep once the baby is here). And I'm super restless, so I'm finding it hard to just be still and do nothing.

Well, here's a picture of me at 38 weeks...maybe (hopefully) this will be my last pregnant picture! I definitely think I look 9 months pregnant now. I think since the baby has dropped down lower, my stomach seems to stick out more. I am definitely feeling 9 months pregnant. Lots of pressure and tightness in my belly, lots of mini contractions that aren't incredibly painful but they are becoming annoying. OK, you can tell I have lots of free time. I'm just babbling on and on here. I'll just post the picture and be done for now!