Progress...but no baby yet

Yesterday we had our 39 week Dr's appointment and I am...4.5CM DILATED!!!! That's a change of 1.5cm in a week- even the doctor was kind of shocked. Turns out those contractions I had been having were doing something, although not enough to get real labor rolling. It's really "any day now." He told us to get to the hospital as soon as the contractions are consistently less than 7 mins apart or if my water breaks. He also gave us a quick primer on what to do if things happen too fast and we have to deliver the baby ourselves (step 1: call 911). I've never seen Stephen's face so ashen.

But nothing new since then. I feel great. I would have run a bit this morning but I felt like the baby was going to fall out (that was mostly in my head).

Time to really try the Old Wives' Tales. Chinese food doesn't seem to be working so I'm going to get some pineapple, take another long walk, and maybe wash the kitchen floor.

Stay tuned...

39 weeks- any day now?

We've had a few labor scares, but here I stand at 39 weeks and Baby Lamont is still an inside baby.

(Better bump picture- no shadow)


**How Big is Baby?: Hopefully about 7lbs. I'm doing my best to fatten him/her up.

**Maternity clothes? I'm starting to outgrow some and in this heat my wardrobe is stretched pretty thin, but I refuse to buy anything else.

**Total weight gain: Up 25lbs

**Stretch marks? Still just that one

**Sleep: The heat, needing to pee, and contractions are making sleep more difficult, but not impossible. I would rate my sleep a 7/10 (compared to a 9/10 the rest of the pregnancy)

**Movement: Some days tons of movement, some days not as much.

**Food cravings: Nothing special. Trying to eat spicy foods (Chinese, Mexican) but I really don't have an appetite for them.

**Feeling: Like I'll be pregnant forever.

**Emotions: Running high. Let's put it this way- I found a dead baby bird in our yard on Sunday and I started crying and made Stephen bury it (complete with prayers). Later that day while I was picking up our anniversary cake, I started bawling over how happy I am and how great our wedding was. I can't even watch the news because in any story where there's a victim, all I can think about is their parents and how that could be our baby...and that makes me cry. Stephen is loving this pregnancy symptom. NOT.

**Health/Exercise: Mostly walking, although this morning I ran at least a mile (remember when I used to run 10 in a day?). The heat is not helping, but at least I'm still out there.

**Labor Signs: A few cases of false labor pains. Once we were able to attribute it to gas. Sunday the contractions went away after a nap. Last night and this morning I had stronger contractions and I even made sure I ran so that it would move things along. But they were irregular and didn't strengthen. I went to work just in case it was a false alarm. And the pain/contractions stopped after lunch- so it WAS a false alarm.

**Next Doctor's Appointment: Tomorrow. Let's hope there's been some progress from all these fake labors.

**Best moment this week: Celebrating our 1st anniversary. Flowers from grandma & grandpa:

And we went out for(gourmet) Chinese food and a re-make of our cake topper.

A year ago....

We got married...





Twice...









Went on an awesome honeymoon...


Had our first argument (about being late because we had to get delicious food) and then made up...

And had an amazing trip...


And any day now will be the new best day of our lives...