Update

So a lot of people having been asking if I have a baby yet, so I thought I better post something. I am still very pregnant. More than ever actually! Here's what's been going on. Friday I went to my last doctor's appointment. He did another non-stress test and the baby is doing great. He also did an ultrasound to check my amniotic fluid levels and that was fine too. While at the doctor I had 3 painful contractions (2 during the nst which was cool to see). I was surprised because so far I had only had Braxton Hicks contractions which don't hurt. So anyway, Jeremy had taken the morning off to come with me so then we went to the store and then home. Long story short, I kept having these painful contractions every 5-30 minutes until midnight that night. We were both pretty sure we would be having the baby Saturday morning, but we didn't. After a long day of timing contractions they started getting closer and more regular, so at about 11:00, when they were 6-8 minutes apart, we decided to go to bed to try and rest a bit because we figured it would be a long night. Well I drifted to sleep at about 12:00 and woke up a couple hours later and the contractions were gone. Needless to say I was quite disappointed.

Saturday morning I woke up and didn't really have any. That afternoon I had some sporadically and last night I had some every 15 minutes or so for a few hours, but again they just stopped. So it's been a bit of an emotional weekend. I really was trying not to get my hopes up on Friday, but after 14 1/2 hours of "labor" I really thought something was happening. Saturday morning I had a bit of a breakdown but I have since recovered and am trying to get ready for tonight when I go to the hospital. I go in tonight around 9:00 and they're giving me this vaginal suppository thing that is supposed to dilate me to a 2 or 3 by Monday morning. Then the doctor comes in and breaks my water or starts me on Pitocin and things start happening. So that's the update. I've got 13 hours to convince this baby that he wants to come on his own. :) Trust me I have tried every trick in the book (besides castor oil, which I refuse). I think I've walked more in the past week and a half than ever in my life. But I'm hoping since I've labored so much already that it will make it go a little faster. There's a chance that the suppository could be enough to jumpstart me, but who knows. We'll find out. Thanks everyone for your kind words of encouragement. I really didn't want to be induced, but I'm trying not to dwell on it too much or I lose it. It's just not what you invision when you think of having your first baby. I feel a little jipped not to have the excitement of going into labor and saying "Honey, we gotta go to the hospital!" But those are selfish feelings, and the outcome of a healthy baby will hopefully be the same. Anyway, I'm trying to focus on the fact that for sure by tomorrow we will have a baby! I'll post again if anything changes, but if not, we'll try and get pictures up soon!