38 weeks

So, Olivia could make her appearance anytime now - tomorrow or in three weeks (I hope not!). Not knowing when she is going to get here is hard. I'm trying to keep myself busy to make the time go by faster.

Other than the fact that I have had a bad cold since this weekend, I can't really complain about anything pregnancy-related. Sleeping is difficult as I am up about every hour to pee, but, oh well.  I'm pretty sure the extra peeing is due to the fact that she has dropped and is now pressing on my bladder even more than before.

My midwife told me they would let me go a week and a half past my due date before inducing me which could put her arrival around October 8. I'm hoping for a September baby though. I'm partial to that month! :) I will go for an appointment next week at 39 weeks and again the week after that for 40 weeks. If there's still no baby at that point, then I will come in twice a week and have a non-stress test and they will see how she is doing. They want things to happen as naturally as possible before they intervene.

I'm a little worried about showing up to the hospital when I actually do go into labor and getting sent back home. They tell you to wait until your contractions are five minutes apart, lasting a minute each for at least an hour. However, I've heard from a few friend of mine that even if that's the case and you show up and you're only dilated 3 or 4 centimeters, they might send you back home. That would stink!

Tonight, Leslee, Erin, my mom, and I are headed to Mama DiSalvo's for dinner. You might remember that about 6 months ago the four of us were going to do the same thing, but Leslee went into labor that day and we never got around to having that dinner. The funny thing is that the reason we were going to go there in the first place is that my parents and Leslee's parents had dinner there the night Leslee's mom (Erin) went into labor. Since the mere suggestion of going there was enough for Leslee, I'm hoping that it has some magical powers. We shall see!  I will be sure to keep you posted if anything exciting happens!