39 week midwife checkup

Not too much progress to report--instead of being a fingertip dilated like I was last week I'm a full centimeter and still 50% or so effaced. The midwife said she has dropped a little more and she could feel her head and was nice and low. They are sticking with November 4th due date so 5 more days... she thinks it could be soon but of course there's no way to 100% know. My pains are getting stronger and I have way more pressure so we're almost there!

belly shot at 38w_5d

I just want her out!!!

38 weeks and counting

38 weeks! I have 12 days till my due date... and also election day so make sure to get out there and vote. I already voted... (yes on 2, NO on 8)... horray! anyway..

Today we had a midwife appt. and she said I am still 1 cm and am 50% effaced and to get out and walk and not to stress about anything as it will slow labor... so i'm trying to clear my mind of any stresses :)

Here's to waiting it out! She said she doesn't expect her to come within the next week... :( But she said I could prove her wrong so we'll see. Did I hear a challenge? LOL

37 week update

I had an appointment with the midwife today... Lilly is low and in position ready to go! I've only dilated to 1cm which doesn't mean much at this point...my sister was 2cm for like 3 weeks! She said my cervix is soft but didn't mention anything about how effaced I was if I even am yet.
So it's the waiting game now... walking walking walking!
AND I haven't gained more weight... in the past 3 weeks I've gained 1 1/2 lbs :) horray!

Just a bit of politics

So we have been so annoyed lately with all the ads for the elections of the propositions... you know it's voting season when almost every ad on tv is for a proposition! Anyway, the one we are very against is prop 8. You can vote how ever you want to vote, it is your right. However, we just can't figure out why a personal decision, to marry the PERSON you love, should be decided by the nation? If a woman loves a woman, they should be able to marry, have rights, and be treated equal. Same for men... it just isn't right that because they were born a certain way that they should be EXCLUDED from the rights heterosexuals have. The commercials FOR prop 8 say "it's inevitable children will learn about gay marriage in school we need to protect it" so why again is it bad that children be INFORMED on something that happens? What happens when they see a gay couple kissing in the street and the child is then wondering what the heck that's all about? Educating your children should be top priority...have an open mind, let them learn, and let them make their own choices in life. We are definitely voting no in prop 8 as we feel it's only fair for everyone to be treated equal in this country and state

37 weeks-FULL TERM!

According to the Nov 4th due date, we are full term as of yesterday. Lillybean is ready to come out... but has decided she doesn't want to be as early as mommy and daddy are hoping for :( We're still hoping she's here by Halloween, but it's all up to her at this point.. only so much walking and eating spicy foods mommy can do!

Come on Lilly... we're waiiiiittttinnnnggggg!

Getting close! 36 1/2 weeks pregnant!

I'm too lazy to keep posting the emails I get from babycenter with the progress baby is making... SO I will reiterate:

I am almost 37 weeks. I'm basically almost full term. If Lilly came today, she'd be fully cooked and totally fine :) That's cool, huh?

I am having a lot of cramping, I'm tired, and nesting like crazy. Hey, my garage is a lot cleaner, my showers are super clean and next I'm going to work on the closets.

My midwife said she thinks I might go early which is GREAT.... thank g-d!

Lilly has been moving like CRAZY! I now see full on arm or legs go straight across my belly which is so cool! I will miss that when she's here.

Some of you have been asking us what we need...the one thing we DON'T need is more clothes. Little one has SO many adorable outfits from all of you that she won't even be able to wear them all. We got our 6 months of free diapers from our amazon.com registry, so we don't need those either. If you feel you really need to buy something (which you don't...!) we are happy to get babies r us gift cards so we can get things as we find we need them :)

As soon as she is here, you will know :)