Still Waiting...

As you may have guessed, Charlotte has not yet decided to grace us with her presence. The stripping of membranes didn't do a whole lot in terms of jumpstarting labor, but things are happening, which gives me hope that she'll be here within a few days. At the very least, my doctor is encouraging induction by 1 week overdue, although I definitely hope I go into labor on my own.

I'm definitely bummed that she didn't decide to come while my mom was still here. My mom was really hoping to be here for the birth (I was delivered by c-section a week late due to my mom having high blood pressure), but I guess Charlotte has other plans. In any case, it's been nice to have someone around during the days to keep my mind off getting more and more impatient. Yes, I know that I will miss the "quiet," but you circle that date on your calendar and in your head for 9 months, so it's definitely frustrating when it passes you by. In fact, all day yesterday as we were out and about, I would see the date and couldn't believe that the day had finally come.

So my parents and grandparents leave for Vancouver tomorrow to start their Alaskan cruise and Chris' parents are going to be in Las Vegas over the weekend. I'm betting, knowing my luck, that she'll arrive when they're all incommunicado.

Oh well. I'm feeling pretty good (but this is the first time I want to NOT being feeling good!), so I'll just keep plugging along.