Pregnancy update

I am now more than full term in my pregnancy, and I have to say that this pregnancy has kicked my butt! I have been in so much pain the past few weeks, and to add to that, I fell (I feel like a very old person) today for the second time this week.

The first time was on Thursday and I slipped on some vegetable oil that I didn't know was on my kitchen floor (Thank you Mark and James for getting into something you weren't supposed to!!) and I landed on the side of my stomach, so I was worried about the baby.

One awesome friend watched my kids while another awesome friend hauled my sore butt to the doctor's office, where I had a non-stress test and a sonogram to make sure that everything was ok. Thankfully, everything was great! The baby is perfect, which was my main concern.

I was also able to confirm that I have been having contractions every 5 minutes (I AM NOT CRAZY!!!!), but they're not strong enough to get me into real labor yet, which is what happened with both of my other boys. I contracted every 5 minutes for DAYS with no big results! Apparently my contractions only get me dilated as far as a few centimeters, and then I stop. We finally used a little pitocin to get me over the hump with both boys and my labor took off with fast and amazing results once I got that little whiff!

Now, I have another appointment tomorrow, and we'll see if anything more has happened dilation-wise, or if we're looking at a little more pitocin to keep moving forward. I feel like such a failure in part, because I feel like I'm just bowing out of the natural process and taking the easy way out. BUT I'm ready! My body is ready! This baby has wanted to be ready for many many weeks now (hence the bedrest earlier), and is physically ready now. I've been dilating every 5 minutes for a week for goodness sakes!!!!! I keep praying that my water will just break and I can go the 'natural' way, the way you're supposed to go, but that may just not be what's best for me, the baby, and in keeping with God's plan. I'm trying to be flexible with my expectations and just concentrate on the end result!

Anyway, my wonderful friend Kim took our family/pregnancy photos today, so I am very excited to finally post some pregnancy pictures!!! I'll get them up as soon as she has a chance to edit them!

Please join me in praying that this baby comes out fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!