39 Weeks

So I feel a lot going on most of the time at nights when I'm laying down in bed, and then it's like I just sleep it off. I feel short contractions sometimes I think, but nothing that makes me think Aubrey's coming soon. I keep waiting for my mucous plug to come out because then I read labor could be 24-48 hours away. We started going for walks Sunday night to try and bring on contractions, but once again it's like I sleep off everything I feel going on. I read that real contractions last between 30-70 seconds and what I feel may only feel like 2 seconds of sharpness or cramping. Monday same thing happened... went for a walk and had the braxton hicks for a good majority of the night and then the following morning it was like nothing happened.

Tuesday morning I spent my time getting the hospital bag ready and packed the car. I had a thought cross my mind on Monday that maybe I progressed enough and the Dr. could induce me after my appt. so I got prepared!

Tuesday I went to the Dr. and found out that I was having an ultrasound, which really confused me since he never mentioned it the week before. It was pretty quick and I just watched the heart beating and then the tech looks to watch her breathe on her own. It's crazy, she said babies breathe in the fluid for like 30 seconds on their own for practice. I could actually see the particles of fluid in her and then everything was still and you could see her rib cage moving in and out.

When I saw Dr. McKernan the first thing I did was put my hand on his shoulder and say, "I'm hoping you'll ask me if I want to have this baby today. My bags are all packed and in the car. I'm ready to go!" He laughed and then checked me... Bad news, I was still dilated the same and made no progress. I was disappointed for sure. My hopes of having her born on 9/9/09 weren't going to happen. I told the Dr. that my last day of work was this upcoming Saturday and he said, "oh, well then lets have you come in the night of the 14th and have her on the 15th." AAAHHHHH wow, there's a real date now where she'll for sure be coming into this world. It's still taking me some time to adjust to realizing a specific time she'll be here. He said he stripped some of the membranes and by the time I got to the car I felt some cramping. But nothing happened, I almost think he said he did it and it was just a mental game!

I almost thought I was going to go into labor at 3am on the 9th... I woke up immediately to some real, long contractions that hurt. There was 3 of them, I got up and went to the bathroom and went back to bed on my left side and they went away. So close to thinking it could've happened on 9/9/09 but oh well, she'll either come soon on her own or be forced out on the 15th!