Well, here we are again. Tomorrow is my due date. I have a good sized baby in my belly (just shy of 8 lbs by last estimate), with very little sign that she is preparing to come out. My favorite midwife Chris checked my again on Tuesday and said I hadn't changed since last week. Still barely a fingertip dialated and baby is floating up high. Lots of contractions, but they aren't doing a heck of a lot. Sound oh so familiar??
Chris thinks they will have to help me out in some way before my body can go into labor for real. She is willing to try the balloon method of helping my cervix to dialate (a little fluid filled balloon puts pressure on my cervix - usually gets it to 3 cm), and then try to put a leak in my bag of waters. We decided to wait until late next week before going to such measures.
Last day of work is tomorrow. I wasn't able to complete everything that I wanted to do of course, but I feel like I will be able to leave it behind for awhile and concentrate on this next adventure. Today was a really positive day, as I was getting lots of calls from our field crews to help them troublshoot problems, which made me feel really useful. Bill even said that he was really going to miss having me around to help him bounce ideas off of. I like feeling that they will miss me and be happy to have me back in January. I'll definitely miss the funnest parts of my job - helping to fix the problems in the field. Someday I want to get back out there!
Mom and Lori get here tomorrow. I'm worried that the extra pressure to have a baby sooner rather than later will be stressful. Fingers crossed that all will be well and our baby girl will come of her own accord soon.
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