Update on the baby stuff

Warning: this post has photos in it of my bare belly in black and white. Some people don't care for those types of photos. If that's you...don't scroll down.

Hi All!

This has been an incredibly long freakin weekend. I started having serious-feeling contractions Thursday, and after meeting with my OB she said that odds were good that I'd have the baby over the weekend. Since the title doesn't include a "It's A..." you know this did not happen. Sigh. She told me to make an appointment to see her Monday "in case you're still pregnant."

So this morning we go into her office and she checks me out, and says that things should be progressing since everything is in place, essentially part of me is being stubborn (I know you don't want to hear all the details, we'll leave it at "part of me"). After discussion, we decide that I am to go to the IWK 7th floor tomorrow morning have a gel applied to the stubborn part and that will get things into gear. I'll need to be observed for an hour to make sure it's working, then I will most likely be sent home to wait things out. Sounds good to me, we go home and I make arrangements for my mom to come over while Phil and I go to the hospital.

Phil goes to drop Cam off at school after lunch and a neighbour of ours asks if I've had the baby yet. He tells her the situation. She says "oh, I had that done with my second, she was born 2 hours later." Meanwhile I call my cousin who I know had the gel, and she tells me that about an hour after she left the hospital she was back in to have her baby. We've also heard a few other anecdotes like this.

So...there is a possibility I'll have the baby tomorrow. Guess I won't make it to knitting Tuesday night, lol!

Hey knitters...is it weird that I'm really excited to get to work on my "labour sock"? Or have I slipped into a much deeper pit of obsession here?

Phil and I took some belly pics on the weekend, I think they turned out nicely, stretch marks and all :D