I'm still pregnant. I have a theory though. My original due date was March 6th based on my last menstrual period and my cycles are VERY regular, but they changed my due date to Feb 27th based on two of my early ultrasounds. I really feel that they did jump the gun and that my due date really should have remained March 6th. So, here is my plan... when I go to the doctor's on Tuesday morning I will have him strip my membranes again and will not schedule an induction before Friday the 6th. I would like the baby to come on her own and with my last two kids being 2 and 3 days early, I think that if he strips my membranes again on Tuesday that I will go into labor before I have to be induced. I am really trying to stay positive and get it out of my head that I am over due.

I am officially over due =( and I can't sleep. I slept from about 11:15 to midnight and then was up until about 2 am and then slept until 4:15 am and now I am up and can't go back to sleep again. This really sucks.

Today is the baby's due date and still no baby. I'm not going to get down about it today though (at least I'm going to try not to). I'm in a good mood this morning - unlike yesterday when I had a break down after the doctor told me there had been no change since the previous week, stripped my membranes again and told me to make an appointment for Tuesday morning to discuss options at that point - and I'm going to ride it out as long as I can. We are picking up a new white dresser for the girls room this afternoon. I can't wait to get it and replace the older oak colored one that's in there now.

I am STILL pregnant. I thought for sure last night was it. I was having contractions about 7 minutes apart for several hours, but then they just got further apart and then disappeared altogether. I have my 40 week appointment in 2.5 hours. I can't believe I am going to my 40 week appointment! I didn't think I would make it to this point. I went into labor before this appointment with Evan and Gabby. This is one stubborn baby!

Well, I was weepy and moping around for much of the day, but then we went out to dinner with my mom and that made me feel better. Then my mother-in-law came over to visit and brought me beautiful flowers and some pretty awesome gifts. I also got a wonderful gift from my mom and my kids. I'm in a better mood for the most part - although now it's night time and I'll be doing my late night ritual of watching Charmed re-runs and eating a bowl of cereal before hours of trying to fall asleep and that is slightly depressing.

Tomorrow morning my mom will be here so we can go shopping. I think she is hoping for a repeat scenario from when I was 9 months pregnant with Gabby. My water broke after a day of shopping with my mom. That would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. It will just be nice to be out shopping with my mom.

I am getting seriously depressed. I know the baby isn't due until Friday, but I was just hoping she would be a little early. Evan was 2 days early and Gabby was 3 days early so I thought maybe this one would be early too. It's difficult to explain how hard it is at the end to anyone that hasn't been through it. I'm sick of every little sign making me feel like it's time and then nothing happens. I feel so defeated right now. Tomorrow is my birthday and I have a feeling that I am going to be miserable and depressed the whole day.

My mom is home from Florida now. I just dropped her off at her house. So this baby can come any time now if that's what she was waiting for! I'm ready. Let's go!

Well, I am still pregnant so that means Evan gets to keep his birthday to himself. Now I wonder if she will arrive before my birthday on Tuesday.

Oh my goodness.. I either have really bad "preggo brain" or I am too old and not awake enough yet this morning, but for a minute, when I thought of my birthday, I could not remember how old I was going to be!

Today is my son's 11th birthday!! Happy birthday, Evan. We love you =)

I had my doctor's appointment today. I've made a little progress. I'm 2 cm and still 50% effaced. The doctor stripped my membranes and I have been cramping ever since. I've had some contractions also, but not consistent enough to start timing yet. Hopefully things will pick up soon.

No baby yet. My 39 week doctor's appointment is tomorrow afternoon. I'm hoping to get some good news about progress, but trying not to get my hopes up too high because I really don't want to cry the whole way home. Hopefully the doctor will at least be able to strip my membranes while I am there. That's what got things going with Gabby at my 39 week appointment.

With only ten days to go until my due date I thought it would be a good idea to take some new belly pictures. My last belly pictures with Gabby were my 38 week pictures so MAYBE this will be the last set I take this time around too - fingers crossed!

I had my 38 week appointment this morning. I was really hoping that some progress had been made because we have been doing quite a bit to get things moving, but nothing has changed since last week. I'm still only 1 cm dilated and she didn't tell me how effaced, but last week I was 50%. I didn't even care to ask I was so bummed. I cried all the way home. I know I still have two weeks until my due date, but a little progress would have made my day. Is that too much to ask for?

The rest of the appointment was fine. My GBS came back negative. I haven't gained any weight since last Friday. The baby was good.. heart beat in the 140's. She said she will most likely see me next week for my appointment which I figured after finding out there was no progress.

My mom is a happy camper. She is planning on coming home from Florida on the 23rd and staying for 2 weeks. She wants to be here before I go into labor, if at all possible, so I'm working against my mom and God (because she has been praying a lot that she makes it home in time).

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How funny is this? I just went back to October 2006 to see how my 38 week appointment went with Gabby and it sounds pretty darn similar to my appointment today. Check it out:

Jeremy and I went to my 38 week appointment at the OB doctor today. NOTHING is happening. Not a damn thing. He said that she is really low and that once things do start to happen it should go quickly, but that doesn't help me NOW. He said he doesn't see me having this baby anytime in the next week so they'll probably see me at my appointment next Thursday. That didn't make me happy AT ALL. He even suggested that we try "natural induction methods" at home. Not that we haven't done that already!

I'm still pregnant. I was kind of excited yesterday because I lost my mucus plug at work and was feeling very crampy all day. I thought for sure something was going to start happening, but no such luck. I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever.

An inch of rain is predicted for tonight. I'm hoping for a good barometric pressure drop to go along with the full moon...

... I just hope my water doesn't break while I am at work.

I'm obsessed. Who can blame me with only 18 days until my due date?

We are celebrating Evan's 11th birthday today at Chuck E. Cheese's. His birthday isn't until the 20th, but I didn't want to take the chance that I would go into labor and "eff" up his day. He's so happy that we are having a special party just for him. We always do a Pisces Party for him, Jamie, myself, my brother and brother-in-law because we're all within a few days of each other, but I realized that he really needs to have a special day with his friends and not just family. We got him a lot of great gifts so I hope he has a wonderful day today. =)

Nesting at 11:30 at night is not a good thing. Everyone in my house is sleeping (my husband is sleeping until midnight because he is going to the Warming Center at our church from 1am to 6:30am) so it makes it kind of difficult to clean when I'm trying to be quiet. I did some laundry and some dishes, but that didn't take the urge away.

I am so sick of being pregnant that I want to cry! I hate the last few weeks.. they are the longest in the world.

That is all.

It's finally February which means I will be having this baby this month! That is, of course, unless she is a little stinker and decides not to arrive on time. If she knows what's good for her she will NOT be late. I'm actually hoping that the full moon on the 9th (which is also a lunar eclipse) will stir things up a bit. Sure it would be 2 weeks before my due date, but pregnancy is technically considered full term at 37 weeks - which I will be in 5 days. Two weeks early is better than two weeks late in my opinion - as long as she is healthy and her lungs are mature, that is.