39 Weeks!

OK, so we are now at 39 weeks...just one more week until Quinn's due date. The last couple weeks however have not been very fun. I am huge and uncomfortable and we even thought he was going to come last weekend, but it turned out he was just teasing us. I was having contractions that were 5 min apart for a couple hours both last Friday and Saturday, but then they kind of fizzled out.

I had my 39 week Dr. apt today and I am now 2 cm dilated and 75% effaced (cervix thinned). Quinn's heartbeat and my blood pressure were good, and I have not gained weight in the last 2 weeks...holding strong at 176lbs! Ugh, no wonder I feel like a beached whale! I have gained somewhere around 45 lbs. I did get some news I did not like much though. I guess Quinn still hasn't engaged in my pelvis so the Doctor says that I now have a 50% chance of needing a C-Section :( That is the worst since I am hoping for a natural vaginal drug free birth. That is also why I have been turning down an induction. The doctor will force me to induce at 41 weeks though if Quinn has not decided to come on his own by then. I really hope he decideds to come soon though...I am SO uncomfortable!

The Doctor stripped my membraines (Separated the bag of waters from my cervix) today and it didn't hurt me at all. They say if it is going to work to bring on labor, it usually happens with in 24-48 hours, so who knows...maybe we will end up with a Christmas Baby after all. I really didn't want him to have to share his birthday with Christmas, but at this point I just want him out already!

We are all set up and ready for his arrival, so now we are just anxiously awaiting his birth. I am feeling very tired and have been crampy and having some contractions on and off over the last week or so. Sleeping is pretty much non existant at this point and I wake up every hour to pee. I am still working part days, but it is getting very hard to get up in the morning. If I don't have him by Monday, I am to go in and see the Nurses. The Doctor will be on vacation from the 28-31st, so he may end up coming when the doctor is gone. That is OK though, I kow there will be an on call doctor.

So now we wait....patiently...yeah right!