38 week appt. and baby to come 10/6 or 10/7!!!!!
So, I went for my 38 week appointment today and informed my midwife of the recent symptoms I was having; spotting, leaking, cramping... Originally, I planned not to be checked interally but opted to outta my intense curiousity. Well, I am 3 cm and 50% effaced with bulging membranes and I was having what she said was a pretty intense contraction during the exam. Apparently, I have been having a lot of intense contractions that I thought were just baby positioning pain. She is going to be on vacation in the near future and asked how I felt about induction. I said I would rather not have the intense contractions of a pitocin-induced labor and she said I would probably not need medication, but rather they would break my water and let nature run it's course. They broke my water with my daughter and she came 2 hours later. I said that would be okay with me and she gave me the date...October 6th. I was like "This Monday!". OMG! It IS weird knowing. Monday afternoon they will do an exam at 3:45 to check and then proceed Monday evening with starting labor. The latest would be Tuesday. I think I may go before then though. My brother and the baby's father's birthdays are 10/7/08 (Tues). LOL!
I felt like I have been pregnant forever...and now I am down to less than a week! Ahhh! I am so nervous and excited. What a rollercoaster.
Oh and Bier, I totally was joking about the race...but haha! LOL! I asked for it.
I have been having regular contractions for about 3 hours, but they are not intensifying. If anything, I think that I have adapted. Oye! Not really sure what to do here. I feel like a dufus calling my midwife about them. LOL! I finally decided to come surf on the computer and see if trying some movement would either make them subside or really get them going. I tried resting, but forget that.
I had 2 contractions while typing this. This is torture! 
Why can't my water just break as a clear sign of impending labor?!?
Aww! You are getting so close! How exciting!
What did your midwife say when you called her?
I didn't!!!
