37 weeks

This week I am 37 weeks! I went to the Dr. on Monday in hopes of progress! :) As she was checking me, I was looking at her face to see a reaction before there were any words! Then she said.."you are a GOOD 3.5cm dilated and about 80% effaced." My mouth dropped! I could not believe that I had progressed one whole cm in one week. WOW! But the tough news is that she is going out of town for 5 days...sept 23rd-27th, and not just out of town but OUT OF STATE!!!! Gosh, I'm so nervous about that! I have another appointment on Monday and we're going to see if my body has progressed even more. If I've progressed to 4/5cm then she wants to put me in the hospital and see if we can get labor "really" started.
My prayer is that I will have peace about whatever decision is made on Monday, whether it be for me to go into the hospital or to wait a week. And I pray that if it doesn't happen this week, my body will wait for "the time" to be when my Dr is back in town!

35/36 weeks

Last week I was 35 weeks pregnant. I went to see my doctor, for I have started going once a weeks now. She checked me and I was 2cm dilated and 70% effaced. I was soooo excited and I really felt like that 2 mile walk I took 2 days before my appointment really made a difference.

This week I am 36 weeks pregnant. Today I went to the doctor and she checked me again. This time I am at 2.5cm and still 70% effaced. I was a little disappointed, but I know that I still have a few weeks yet. I was just wanting to have made more progress than that. I guess I'm just going to have to get out and make myself walk more than once a week. I was in so much more shape with Capri than I am this time. My doctor mentioned inducing me on the 29th of this month, but I really don't want to be induced! I told her that we would wait til next week to see if my body had made anymore progress. So I guess I need to "get to work!" :)

Please pray that everything will work out and that I will have my doctor when the time is right!