38 weeks!

2 more weeks til the due date!

Baby can come at any time!

Had the weekly appointment today! Since he can come at any minute, we were excited to see his progress (and my body's progress) getting ready for birth.

For those that understand what these terms mean, 0 cm dialated, 40%effaced, and baby is low for this stage at the -2 station (which explains the really bad pressure I feel when walking). We still got a ways to go! But, as everyone has said, and as the doctor tells us, I could be 0 dialated today and go into labor later tonight, or be 3cm dialated for weeks before labor begins, so it really tells us not-so-much right now. The station he is in is good, she said, though, because he is definitely low low low.

For now, we can just do all the old wives' tales and try to get my body ready for labor! We plan on walking a ton this weekend and move this baby outta here! :)

Next week, we are going to our next weekly appointment and also another ultrasound to get measurements of his shoulders and stomach and head again, just so the doctors can see what the size is AGAIN to see what we're working with. We talked more about the possibility of a c-section. They will let me labor and try, as doctor's have no idea until active labor what a mom's body is capable of, and if nothing happens and basically, if Colby's head or shoulders aren't going to fit, they will whisk me away to get a c-section. At least I will get to try! Hopefully my small frame is capable of this.

If labor does not begin before January 20th (due date), then we have a scheduled induction for January 27th (one week past the due date). The doctors scheduled it already because hospitals around us are always jam-packed, so we can just cancel it if he comes before then (haha like dinner reservations!) We all think he will come before then, (we better hope so because I will be one grumpy pregnant lady going 3 more weeks!).

But we are so thankful that this pregnancy has been so great, and that everything has been going so wonderfully. We are so blessed! Say a little prayer for us as we enter this last (exciting, nerve-wracking, surprising) couple days/weeks!

-Bre and Matt