ESTIMATED Due Date

When Chris and I had our first doctor's appointment back in January and the doctor established the estimated due date, we knew it was just an estimate. We didn't get completely attached to the date, althought we knew we would be having a baby roughly around that time. Well, as of today, all of you who thought the baby would arrive before the due date are wrong! We still have 12 hours left in the day to have a baby before those of you who thought we would give birth on the due date are wrong. The only option that will be left come midnight will be to deliver after the due date.

While it is still extremely anxiety provoking for me, Chris, and all of our family members...the doctor has assured us that the baby is healthy, just not quite ready to make her entrance into the world! I went to the doctor yesterday, and I'm headed back tomorrow, just so she can keep a close eye on me.

If nothing else, the doctor plans to induce next week so that the baby doesn't get too big. This isn't the best option and we all prefer to allow me to go into labor on my own. So, please keep me, Chris, and this little baby in your thoughts and prayers as we venture into the 41st week of pregnancy! Hopefully we will have good news for everyone soon and we will be able to share her with the world. For now, she is certainly teaching her father and mother a lesson about patience!

Still no change - but no concerns

I went to the doctor today for a Fetal Non-Stress Test. She monitored the baby's heart rate, my uterine contractions, and then checked the fluid in my uterus. Everything is normal and seems exceptionally healthy. I'm still 1 cm dilated, so that hasn't changed at all.

The doctor isn't concerned about anything, but she's getting anxious too! Only God knows when this little girl will arrive, so the rest of us will just keep waiting!