The greatness of lateness

This baby is now 1 week and 1 day late and I'm starting to get impatient! I know they say the baby will come out when it's ready and it will all happen in God's time. I know this and I realise it is the truth but...I want to meet this child of ours!!! Last weekend I was "officially" due and I spent the whole weekend feeling all kinds of twinges and cramps, but nothing spectacular happened. Since then, every potential 'sign' has me sitting up and taking notice - it's really quite exhausting! I think I will miss my bump though - for one thing, it's very handy for placing your breakfast on.

The last few days I've been feeling some tightening feelings in my lower abdomen which aren't exactly comfortable. Sometimes they come at fairly regular intervals, but then they disappear altogether for hours at a time. This morning I was woken up at some ungodly hour by a massive contraction - my whole womb contracted and stayed that way for a good minute before relaxing again. I was annoyed at being woken up from a really good night's sleep, but also very relieved that something was happening. I had two more smaller contractions at 15-minute intervals and that was it. Most frustrating.

This Tuesday I saw my midwife and she said the baby was not quite fully engaged but very low in my pelvis. She also said that if I'm still pregnant at our appointment next Tuesday, she will refer me to a gynaecologist so we can plan when and how to induce me. I really, really don't want to be induced, so I'm willing the baby to do its thing before Tuesday.

The waiting is getting annoying for R too. The Friday before I was due, he tidied his desk, handed some work over to his colleagues and rounded off several projects he was working on. The next Monday he was at his desk again. He can't start anything that might take longer than 1 day because he might not be at work the next day. Unfortunately, there's only so much work you can do that will only take a day to do. So baby, for your daddy's sake as well as mine - please put in an appearance!