Week 40

Today marks the beginning of week 40. It's been a very long 40 weeks, and yet it's flown by so quickly. We are currently playing the "waiting" game. Upon my last exam, I was 1 1/2 cm dilated. The dr did what is called a membranes sweep. I'll spare the details. Today I passed a milestone that also marks the impending labor. Again, I will spare the details. It's not very pretty. My body is doing what it's supposed to when preparing for the upcoming events. Our dr scheduled me for an induction at 8pm tonight. It's currently 9:25pm. I was told when I called that they would call me back in a couple of hours. Yeah, that hasn't happened. So, we're impatiently waiting a call to have us come in. BG is doing well. She measured 41 weeks tall at week 38, so I'm anticipating that she'll be at least 21" long. Which is rather tall=) She was also measuring close to 8lbs at week 38. She's supposed to gain 1 oz per day. That was almost 2 weeks ago, so she could be getting very close to 9lbs by now. We'll find out sooner than later I suppose. I'm anxious to get this started. It's been a very long road. I'm ready to exit this part of the trip and begin a new one. Today is also our 5th marriage anniversary. I say marriage because we also have a wedding anniversary. We were married in May under a tree in a park in the rain. Our wedding was in a church with all of our friends and family around, in November. It's crazy to think that exactly 5 years to the day, we stopped trying to prevent getting pregnant, and we're waiting to be induced. How fun! I'm excited to meet this new addition. She is very loved and we have had many and I do mean MANY friends and family calling, texting, emailing, and messaging about where this baby is and why she has not come out yet. If there were news, I'd be sure to let everyone know. I promise=) That's where we are at this point. I'm confident that my next post will be a gushing gooey mess of how amazing and beautiful my daughter is and how blessed we are to have her. Until then, be well.