Teatopia

Today would be a good day to go into labor.

I think it's time for some new material. I could have these updates forever. I need to post some pictures about things I'm cooking, or baby stuff we're buying. Anything else, so I want to share that I made bacon cheeseburger Quesadillas last night. Just wanted to say something unrelated to pregnancy. But for now . . .

I am now a loose 4.5 centimeters dilated, and can be stretched to 5.5! How do I know that on the weekend? I had my sister check me! She's a labor & delivery nurse-- part of my delivery team in fact whenever I actually do go into labor, so she checked me last night after we finished moving some stuff. She works often with my widwife, so I figured, why not take advantage of a valuable resource and find out my progress! My real-life friend Sara commented that she thought that would be weird having my sister down there, but my sister and I are so close, and I figure she's about to see it all anyway. :-) One thing making me think baby boy might not be as close to coming as I thought is that baby boy is not very engaged (only at -2 station). He's come down a bit, but he's not wedged down in the birth canal. He was a little bit before, but if you touch his head and push, he is able to float up a little and then comes back down, so he's not really stuck down in there yet. He's been down there enough though to have dilated, effaced, an softened me so much, but it's not a constant pressure. If he'd get down in there and stay, my cervix would probably keep opening and I'd go into good labor. People certainly go into labor without the baby being fully engaged, I'm just not as shocked now that I know ALL the ducks aren't in a row. I need to keep walking and work that gravity!

We didn't go to church this morning. I slept really late. We've actually been trying a new church on Saturday nights with Sara, her hubby Mark, and their two kids (their 2 year old son is Olivia's best friend) and they have a newborn baby boy. Sara is my co-organizer for my mom's group. We're liking the new church so far. I think I've been moved to tears every time we've been, and not just because I'm pregnant. The minister is fabulous. Anyway, we're headed to the mall. James wants to add another stone to my mother's necklace since we now know it'll be a June baby and not a May one. If we drop the necklace off now, it might be ready by the time baby comes, or even way before at this point.

Remember, no news is not necessarily good news. I'll try to update this evening, but if I don't, it doesn't mean I'm in labor. In fact, it probably doesn't. :-) I actually planned a week ago to cook a big family dinner tonight, thinking it wasn't likely I'd even be able to, so I'll be doing that, but I really will *try* to update. Off to thaw some meat!

James keeps reminding me, we've put this in God's hands and we must wait for His time.