1st June 2007 (Friday) - Week 40
THE day!!! But, no sign of baby's arrival.  Well, it is said that only 3% of women have their babies on their Edd. I guess I do not belong to the 3%! And never have been!

2nd June 2007 (Saturday)
We have officially gone past my EDD - yet again! Was having an interesting exhange with a friend that for both of us, our 4th, 5th & 6th babies have gone past their due dates! But we both had our 1st 3 earlier than the EDD.

She made a point that I have not paid any attention to before - our post date babies are bigger, more matured and easier to handle compared to our "early" babies. She called the early ones "undercooked"! Lol!

Anyhow, again, I have come to the point of acceptance that baby will come when she's ready. And only God knows when that is!

3rd - 5th June 2007 (Sun - Tues)
Still waiting............

Surprisingly calm now. It is as tho I had to pass my EDD to reach this state of calmness & peace!  But it is not a state of resignation, mind you!

The only thing that bugged me a little was the fact that dh deliberately cut back on speaking engagements for the month of June so we are in effect "wasting" our June away as baby delays her arrival day-by-day. And his July is jam-packed!

And - dh has an overnight retreat coming up on 7th - 8th July! Meaning, the later she comes, the less time I have to adjust to flying solo with 6 children at night!

But the Lord in His compassion & grace led me to Hebrews 13:5 - 6.

For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
So we may boldly say :
"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

Wow! The Lord was telling me not to worry when baby is arriving. That even though I may have no physicaly help, I have His help. Then His peace returned.

6th June 2007 (Wednesday)
Went for another check up. Amniotic fluid is looking very good. Very slight calcification at the edges at the placenta which is very normal for this stage of the pregnancy - 40 weeks & 5 days.

Last night I had 2 hrs of regular contractions again. They were strong enough to keep me awake from 2:30am to 5am! I really thought "Great! This is it!" But I was wrong! Now I am totally exhausted from being up half the night.

If this girl holds out till next week, she may just birth at 42 weeks! Now will she or will she not break the record?  The other question I have is - just how big will she get?! My biggest by far has been 3.5kg and she came 5 days post date.....