Baby Blues

I went to the doctor again yesterday and....absolutely no progress at all. She even said that Caroline's head is so far up that she can't even reach up enough to strip my membranes or help things along. She said she tickled as much as she could and hoped it would start moving things along. I guess technically I'm not due till Saturday, so it's not like she's late or anything (yet), but more than likely she'll hold out past Saturday.

There were three other girls that I know of that were due within a week or so of my due date and all three of them have had their babies now...so yes, the baby blues have definitely set in and I'm throwing myself a pity party today! I've hit that point where I'm just so ready to be done that everything is annoying. I've actually been having pretty strong contractions all day today but I'm still just assuming that they're going to stop and go away and not even be effective enough to dilate me anywhere past 1cm. Can you tell I'm being a little pessimistic today :)

The good (I guess) news is that my doc checked her schedule and we did go ahead and schedule an induction for March 1st if she doesn't come before then. I'll be 41 weeks and 3 days then, but since Caroline has been measuring 2-3 weeks behind anyway, the doc didn't see anything wrong with letting me go that long. I go back next Tuesday and I'm hoping I can get her to drop more before then so that they can at least try and strip my membranes and maybe send me into labor before March. I know it sounds silly, but I've been so excited to have a February baby that I'm hoping she'll come before the end of the month...but obviously it's not a big deal if she doesn't, the rest of you just have to put up with my whining and complaining for a couple more weeks :)

And all of this is starting to sound scarily similar to my labor with Charlotte...I went in for my 40 week check up, was at a 1.5 and she hadn't dropped at all, scheduled my induction and the next night we had a thunderstorm and my water broke...there are thunderstorms in the forecast for today and tonight, so I'm crossing my fingers that history repeats itself!!

I do have a lot to keep me busy, I just need to find the energy to get it all done. And that does include downloading the pictures I took Saturday of our family fun day...and while I'm thinking about it, please pray for Timothy, he's started on a new medication and we're having some trouble adjusting to it, hopefully it'll balance out soon!