The Final Countdown

Status: 40 weeks, 1 day

Wow. I never dreamed that I would be sitting here, still pregnant, at this date. On one hand, it blows my mind that I am "overdue" (we'll get to that), but on the other hand I am REALLY proud that Waffle and I have been able to do such a great job of giving her the time she needs.

Although Eli was considered "term" when he was born, we always considered him early. I was never able to have contractions on my own, and he had a few issues that are more common in premature infants - he just wasn't ready (and neither was my body). This pregnancy making it past the 40 week mark has just solidified to me that I know my body and that he really was early.

So the whole topic of "overdue". There's a reason that a due date is called an ESTIMATED Due Date. Some babies cook just fine in a lesser amount of time, and some need a bit more to be well-done. I look at it this way, if one, two, or ten days more spent in the most perfect environment is what my baby needs, then that's what I will give her. She doesn't have an eviction date. As long as she behaves, then my job is to support her and allow her to do what she needs to do. The perinatologist that backs-up our midwives is comfortable with going until 43 weeks as long as all the tests are fine.

If she's still in there, 3 days from now we will go for an NST, and 6 days from now a BPP (I had this with Eli). Until then, I will continue daily kick counts to monitor the baby myself, and I'll just enjoy things as they are.