39 Weeks Today!

My, my, my. I'm so far along that it's crazy. I remember being afraid that the baby would Aliens Vs Predators his way into the world before we were even full term. But no, we tried so hard to keep him in that now he's decided he's going to keep chilling out in the belly (rent free, I might add!) forever! As of today, I'm 39 weeks. I've got 7 days left until my due date. How crazy is that?? I'm down in the single digits. And he can LITERALLY come at any time.

As far as I can tell, he's completely content in there though. At my 37+3 days appointment, I was checked by Dr #2 (I've bounced from Dr #1, whom I did not particularly like, over to a different office where I was kind of pinballing between Dr #2 and Dr #3. I like Dr.#3 but she was out of town for my 37 week appointment and I had to switch back to Dr #2 for the day) and he said I was not dilated at all. Side note, he has humongous hands, and being checked by him was the worst! Thank goodness MY Dr has slender lady hands. She checked me at my 38 week appointment--7/13/12-- and it was much less horribly-muscle-clenchingly-uncomfortable. I was 38+4 (my appointments with her are on Fridays) and I asked her "Have I made any progress? Dilating or thinning?" She then checked me. And laughed. I'm not joking. She said "Well your cervix is doing absolutely nothing. I'll definitely be seeing you for your appointment next Friday!" I was incredulous. No change the entire week. Despite Evening Primrose Oil and contractions and exercising and dancing and bouncing on my exercise ball. No dilation, no thinning, nothing at all.

I think that was my last straw. I pretty much gave up. I now expect him at around 41 weeks. maybe later. But if he wants to go to 42 weeks, that will be nipped in the bud! At my 41 week appointment I plan on asking Dr K (aka Dr #3) about an induction before 42 weeks. I don't like how the odds of health issues rise after 42 weeks. Eh.

Can't wait until Baby G is here though. I'm going crazy wondering what he will look like. Besides his giant cheeks in his ultrasound photos. I already have a general face in mind. I want to know skin tone, hair color, hair texture, eye color, eyelash length, fingers and toes, etc. I have crazy dreams and usually I have him in the dreams. But I never actually go into labor. It's always a before and after. And once I wake up, I can never remember what he looks like. It drives me crazy.

Oh the anticipation!

I can't really remember anything else I intended to write about, as it is 6am and my attention span is getting shorter and shorter. I hope I can get some sleep soon!

To leave you, here is a quote that I liked, and here is a video showcasing my giant 39 weeks watermelon belly :)

"An accident is something that you didn't mean to happen

A mistake is something you didn't want to happen 
Don't ever call a child a mistake"