40 weeks, 6 days: hopeful

every curve/peak on the right is a contraction,
left is baby's heartbeart

went to the doc this morning and I got hooked up to the monitor. my contractions were showing to be a lot stronger than tuesday—going over 60 vs the 30 I was getting before. dr. perlis came in and was like "could you feel that?" and I of course again did not feel the contraction. she just like you will, it should feel like a lot of pressure. I'm like nope I feel just as normal when I'm not having one—tricky contractions. so from that monitor baby's heart beat was fluttering up and down but didn't drop when I was was having a contraction which is a good sign.

she checked my cervix and yet again CLOSED. geez do I have a cervix made of steel? although it would have been nice to be dialated a bit dr. perlis was still very confident i'll go into labor on my own. nothing was showing her that I needed to be induced so she said it's always best for your body to go naturally if you can. mark was hoping i'd be induced today—sorry love :)

I also got an ultrasound and she said I still have plenty of fluid and my placenta looks great. so medically everything looks normal to her even though yes I'm 6 days past my date. dr. perlis is on call at the hospital this weekend so she said sunday morning she'd give me call if by then I hadn't gone into labor. she said she would induce me then if that's the case.

I'm totally fine with waiting until then—two days away! I actually feel great and feel normal so another two days I could handle. it's also wally bear's (dad) birthday so if I could give him a really amazing gift then I'm very patient to do so. so that's where we are at right now.

please pray for us that all goes well and I go into labor tomorrow night on my own :) that would be perfect! if not just a prayer or happy thought to keep baby and I safe and healthy! xo