Due Date

So today is my due date and....I don't know if baby will be making an appearance or not. We'll see, I guess, but statistically speaking, it's very unlikely I'll deliver today.  Michael thought it was necessary to have a picture marking the due date, and we are hoping this is the last pregnant Rachel picture:

 

I'm sure you can understand why people keep doing things for me--they're afraid I'm going to burst open if I move too much. 

On the plus side, there are definite signs that I am dilating, and I spent a good portion of Sunday feeling very crampy (strange that I take cramping to be a good thing, isn't it?).  They weren't in any pattern to get excited over--it was just a general feeling of cramps that wouldn't really go away.  They finally did go away sometime during my nap between 2:30 and 4:30 P.M.. Today I went to work as usual to the great surprise of all my coworkers.  I took two short walks in an attempt to jostle her loose, to no avail so far.

As miserable as it is to be this far along, I am trying to keep it all in perspective. I really should count myself lucky that I've been able to carry Elizabeth to full term--it means she's very likely to be a healthy baby. So many people have complications and problematic pregnancies that it's pretty selfish for me to gripe about having such an uneventful, healthy one. I can't promise to keep this in mind all the time, but I'll do my best.  My next doctor's appointment is Thursday, and if I don't go into labor before then I fully expect them to bring up the possibility of induction.

For now, we're here...still waiting.