40 Weeks

As someone told me "The bun isn't quite done!"

The due date has officially come....and gone. Okay, so maybe only by a day, but each day seems like an eternity! I am beyond excited to meet this baby!!

Had Dr appointment this morning and was really anxious to hear some good news. I've been having pretty good contractions the last few days, ranging anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes apart. Obviously not enough to be in labor, but enough to prove that I'm progressing...right?? Apparently not.
Turns out after 4 weeks, I'm STILL only dilated to 1cm. ONE centimeter. How is that possible?! What are those contractions doing then?! The Dr really stripped my membranes this time, so let's hope that gets something going. If not, I'll be back on Monday for an NST (non-stress test) and ultrasound. So they'll monitor the baby and check amniotic fluid levels and see how the baby is doing in there. She'll also check my cervix again and depending on all that, we'll talk induction dates.

So now we sit...and wait. Wait 5 more days until next appointment as I can't possibly get my hopes up again that this baby is coming before then. Don't think I can handle the disappointment!

I did have some faith in that it's a full moon tonight and was then told that it's actually a blue moon! Meaning there are two full moons this month, aka: once in a blue moon. Perfect time to be born, right Baby Barrett?!