Still pregnant!

It’s weird, by evening, I’m convinced I’m going to go into labor overnight. Then I wake up and feel GREAT. Sigh.

Today I worked on the quilt, talked to Amy a few times ("No, I’m not in labor yet") took a good nap, and drank tea. When Dave got home, we went to Marden’s, in hopes of a full circle thing — "we met here, and now my water’s broken in the nails and bolts aisle!" — and then to the grocery store to stock up on some postpartum food, which is about 98% forbidden carbs form the GD diet. Muffin mixes, breakfast cereal, manicotti, bagels….  I kind of felt uncomfortable in the store, and my cervix is feeling sort of twingey, but definitely not in labor yet.

Tomorrow is my 40w appointment, and I’m 100% sure I’m going to end up with an induction date. I’m okay with that — I do have the GD to consider, my OB is really, truly wonderful, and doesn’t schedule inductions to suit her schedule, but to avoid c-sections, and I picked her because of those kinds of things.  I trust my doctor, which is so, so important — she’s listened to me when I say "we grow big babies!" and worked with me when it came to the last u/s situation. She’s also going to be checking for cervix favorability, which is good, and if it’s favorable, I imagine we might start talking induction sooner rather than later. If it’s not, I figure she’ll say "You have til Wednesday" or whatever, to go on my own.  Obviously, best case scenario would be spontaneous labor, but if that doesn’t work out for us, it doesn’t work out. The ultimate best case scenario is healthy baby.

Of course, I’m realizing that the baby is landing as my favorite tv shows are ending. The season finales of The Amazing Race and Survivor (not even a fave anymore, but once you’ve watched most of the season, you have to watch the end) will never be rerun, and Grey’s Anatomy is a 2-parter, which ALSO will likely not show up in reruns.  Luckily, I have friends with Tivo and DVD burners, so I think I’ll be okay on that front, but still! Argh.

My MTB arrived today, and is beaaaauuuutifulll.  Dave thinks I’ll never use it, so I’ll be spending the next two years proving him wrong, thank you very much.  (It’s like this one, only adjustable, and I got it used, and for less. And I also found a used lovey liner to add to it, which is on its way from California…)

Anyway. So, mamas who are reading, how did you know it was labor, anyway? If anyone wants to share how they figured out that this WASN’T just a weird B-H or something, or what the key sensation/realization/etc was that made you go "oh… OHHHHHH, i think I’m having a baby soon!" in the comments, or via email, I’d love to hear it! 🙂

ETA: Oh! And Saturday is a full moon, which apparently correlates with busy L&Ds. I can vouch for the correlation of fullmoons causing crazy schoolkids, any anecdata for the fullmoon/childbirth connection?