Progress at last!
I gained 1 lb over the past week (total pregnancy gain 14 lbs)
Blood pressure is good
Heart rate was 140-150s
Measuring right on for 38 weeks (~37cm)
The baby is definitely in the head-down position
Cervix: 2 cm dilated
Station: -1 (yes, it’s possible for this to change)
So, finally I have something interesting to report. I am a whole 2 cm dilated, actually closer to 2.5cm but my doctor decided to err on the side of caution. Things are starting to happen. Our Emily did manage to move back up some, last week she was at +1 station, but my doctor reassured us that this is normal. Babies have a tendancy to move up and down some before labor. My doctor is also confident that I will not go past my due date. So, based on her cofidence and experience, we’ll be having a baby in the next couple of weeks or so. She also stretched my cervix a little, which could speed things along.
I think we are as ready as we can be. My bag is mostly packed for the hospital and most everything is cleaned the way I want it. I still need to clean our bathroom and vacuum and dust the main areas again, but I figure I’ll get to it this weekend if Emily doesn’t have any other plans. I’m trying not to stress too much over the dust and dog hair, but this nesting thing is going to be the end of me. I have been so anxious to come home and do things around the house after dinner every night this week. Luckily, Jonathan has been my calm before the storm, as always. Just last night he looked up at me and said, “But it doesn’t have to be done tonight” and that was it. I sat right down and didn’t move for the remainder of the evening. I don’t know what I’d do without him, well that’s not true. I’d be scrubbing floors and dusting 
Pretty soon we’ll be holding our baby, we are so excited. We are going out to celebrate our anniversary tonight, so hopefully Emily will wait until at least tomorrow Jonathan did have a talk with her earlier this week about this. We’ll just have to see if she listened.
Oh, in other news, my belly button is about to pop out. It’s trying really hard to become an outie, but it’s not quite there yet. We’ll just have to see if Emily comes before or after it pops 
There is not much else to report. My next appt. is for Wednesday, May 23. We’ll be sure to let folks know if something happens before then.
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Great news! If you are nesting, it can’t be long now. Keep us posted and take care of yourself. Love, CeCe
Don’t worry, we’ll let you know if anything new and interesting happens. Emily has the hiccups at the moment. But that’s a good thing because it means she is practicing her breathing
Jonathan is taking good care of me. I don’t know what I’d do without him.
If your belly button pops, does that mean that the baby’s done?
I’ll say it again: happy anniversary, y’all.
I keep telling her that, but she just does not want it to pop
That’s what I’ve heard. Something about being equivalent to baking a turkey
Don’t worry, it if pops out we will take a picture of it and post it, unless we’re too busy trying to get to the hospital
“If your belly button pops, does that mean that the baby’s done?
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That was my first thought too when I read your post. Figures that all of us geeks think along the same lines….
-Jason