Encouraging News!

We had our weekly doctor's appointment today and were able to come home with some encouraging news! Let me set this up by explaining that in the last 2 appointments over the last 2 weeks, we went in each time hoping to hear that I had dialated some or at least that the baby had dropped. Both times there was nothing to report. But today that changed! I did go into the doctors' office feeling like I'd forever be pregnant and told Brad and I really needed to leave with something encouraging. (I guess I was feeling a bit hormonally low this morning) So our doctor checked the baby's heart beat (150) and then did the other check to see if I had dialated at all, if there was any effacement and if the baby had dropped. The great news is that I've dialated 1-2 centimeters, have about 50% effacement, and the baby has begun to drop, she was able to touch the baby's head! This is a great sign that we're very near finally meeting our little on in person!

She went on to say that next week we would have a special appointment with a sonogram, a NST appointment (non-stress test) and then a check up with our doctor. They will check the size and weight of the baby, and do a few other tests to see how the baby is doing and if I'm having any mild contractions that I may not be able to sense yet. At that point, we'll discuss possibly being induced depending on how the baby and my body are prepared for it. And she said that just in case we all decide to go with the induction, she's reserving a spot for me at the hospital for next Thursday to be induced! This is all encouraging, at least knowing that she will not let me live the rest of my 26th year of life pregnant. Yay! She also said that most women don't make it to this appointment because the baby comes before hand, so there's still a chance that I'll be a mom by mother's day! Yay! So be watching daily for that exciting blog post saying that we're in labor and will be meeting our little one face to face very soon!