40 weeks! Happy Due Date!

It's finally come! I am 40 weeks pregnant!

Usually I like to write these out a little earlier. But with my baby appointment not till this afternoon, I wanted to wait till afterwards to tell you all the news!

At this appointment during my weigh in I currently weigh 153 pounds-lost 3 pounds. Which is the least that I have weighed in this entire pregnancy! I started out at about 155ish, not gaining any weight has had some people concerned. But because I was technically overweight when I conceived, it doesn't really concern my midwife. Just as long as I am still eating healthy and as long as baby girl is still growing I am fine to be not gaining. I have eaten more this week than any other weeks of my pregnancy! I indulged a little too much cake on Josiah's birthday. ;) I am so happy to think that I will be pre-pre-pregnancy weight when I have this little girl! I will already be almost to my goal! Eating healthy and being active with this pregnancy is the best choice that I ever made! 

Besides the weight loss at my appointment, my midwife checked me again for dilation. I was pleased to hear that in just one week I have went from 1 centimeters to 2! I know that it's not much, but that tells me that my body is progressing like it should. I felt more confident after that appointment. However, my cervix is still pretty high, but really soft and that all can change real quick! 

OK, so now it's time for the sorta sad news. :(

Because I am birthing at a hospital, they have specific standards. So of course, if I want to have my birth at that hospital, I have to follow their rules.

Next monday, I have another appointment. If I have not had baby by then, my midwife will do a membrane sweep and then we will have to schedule a day to induce. With this hospital, they don't want you to even go past 41 weeks pregnant. :( Sad, i know. But that's the way it is. I am going to try and convince her to let me be induced as late in the week as possible. We will see how that goes.

Other than that, I have still been doing all my natural labor inductions as much as possible. You can see what all I am doing on this post. Today I even went by my good friends house(who just had her baby)to pick up her exercise ball so that I can "bounce" this baby out! In fact, I am sitting on it right now while typing this. 

I am not giving up hope! Today since about 1pm I have been having some pretty consistent contractions. They have not gotten closer together yet but they are still about 10 minutes apart and about 30secs-45secs long. They are a little painful but not enough to keep me from falling asleep. Who knows? maybe i'll wake up in full labor?

So that's about it for this week! Hopefully the next time I write to you I will have a beautiful newborn baby girl sleeping in my arms. 

-Jess