Patience is a Virtue....

Patience is a virtue! Phil and I are definitely learning that these days! Much has happened (and then not happened) since our blog on Sunday. The contractions have continued and have made me sick to my stomach and nauseous, but no baby yet! The contractions have been regular for a period of time (like 2-5 hrs) and then become irregular again, which has been frustrating, especially when I feel so awful during them. Today they started at 8-10 minutes this morning and have moved to about 5-6 minutes, but at times, are still sporadic. However, I know that this must end eventually. I will not be pregnant forever!!

We did have a doctor's appointment again today and expected to have some good news that things were changing and I was dilating more because of the contractions. After telling our doctor of the happenings since Saturday, she was pretty convinced that I would be going from the clinic to labor and delivery to have a baby. However, after checking my progress, reported in a surprised manner and with a quizzical facial expression that I was still only dilated to a 2. Had I been a 4 or more, she would have admitted me. Because I am only fully 37 weeks, she wasn't comfortable inducing me or breaking my water at this point to get things going faster, since my contractions since last night have been anywhere from 5-10 minutes apart. Had we been another week, the outcome would have been different. She agreed that hopefully baby would decide to come or stop messing around for awhile and lay low! We have another appointment with her next Friday, but I am hoping and praying that we don't get that far. I don't think that physically I can do this for another week or more and still have the energy, etc to go through the labor. I have really enjoyed being pregnant, but this is starting to wear on me....

Phil and I started workshop again today. The new school year is upon us and our summer is officially over! It's hard to believe a new year is upon us! There will be many changes in the coming weeks and we can't wait!!