SO CLOSE

I truly cannot believe how close to motherhood I am. These past 39 weeks seem to in general, to have gone by really slowly, with the exception of last week. Last night Mark sat down to watch Castle and I was taken a back, it felt like we sat down to watch Castle just a few days ago. And when I woke up today I was really surprised that it was another Tuesday, that it has already been a week since my ultrasound.

And to think in the next week,(or two at worst) I could be holding my little baby girl. I go to the doctor tomorrow, which is always exciting! Last week I found out that Afton is 7lbs 8 ounces, give or take a pound, she is sizing a week older, with a December 5 due date. She is swallowing amniotic fluid as her stomach and bladder are both full of fluid. She is head down and a happy little girl.

I have gone into "induce labor" overdrive! Last Thursday I did the Run to Feed the Hungry with Mark and his family. We walked between 4-5 miles! I was hoping it would make her drop...but no such luck. I had a lot of energy a few days back and cleaned, cleaned, cleaned...still pregnant! I think/hope she has dropped as the urge to urinate has changed and when I climb our stairs there seems to be more of her between my legs. I am unsure of this though because my walk has not changed and I do not feel like there is a bowling ball between my legs. It could just be that she is packing on the pounds and weighs more.

The pressure has really been on for Afton to arrive because today, December 1st was her namesakes birthday. Last night Mark and I went on a walk to his parents, and I attempted to jog on two occasions-it did not last long. Today I had intended to run laps on our stairs, but after one trip up the stairs I scratched that idea. I do not have much energy today and prefer to eat and sit. I ate mexican food for lunch today and included salsa. I was thinking I should turn up the heat and have some curry for 2 reasons. One-I find curry to be spicy and two-I have not had any Indian food with my pregnancy and it might throw Afton off.

With all of my attempts to induce labor I get a lot of pain to the cervix but nothing happens beyond that. I am curious to know how my labor will be start? Will it build from painless contractions or will it just "poof" start?