We had our appt and everything looks great! baby looks great, still in the LOL position, but MW reassured it is still a good position, one that we can diff "work with" during labor. *sigh* I was hoping to have baby turned prior to labor, just a little less "work" to do then, but eh, what can i do? i have done the best i could up to this point and I will keep trying up until we go into labor. I am very satisfied knowing at least he is not "sunny-side up" anymore..he's isn't exactly with his back facing out either, (he's laying on his side right now), but at least he isn't posterior! so i am happy with that.  

His hearttones were in the 140's and he is measuring 35-36 cm's compared to measuring at last weeks appt at 37 cm's, we are suspecting perhaps he is attempting to drop down a bit (again...this "happened" once before, but by next morning he had "floated" back up, little booger!) and he is around the -3 to -2 station (as felt from palpitating on the outside,...so it's a guestimate of course)..i was telling joe I thought he had dropped down some, either that or his arms grew b/c he sure was drumming on my cervix last night!

i have lost a pound in weight, which is encouraging to me. I usually lose 1-2 pounds about a week before delivery...so perhaps this little guy will come pretty near his duedate afterall? i am thinking either a few days before, or a few days after. our next appt is set for next friday, I'll be 40w1d if we make it that far. she said we'd begin to discuss possible natural induction techniques...one being a reflexology massage that we could do that day if i chose to. as with all inductions if baby or body isn't ready yet, any contractions caused will eventually fizzle out, and she was also very reassuring that just because we hit 40 weeks we don't need to set into panic mode trying to get baby out as long as baby and i seem to be doing well, but that we'd just take it as it comes, keep trying things to get my body jumpstarted and wait. i really like how relaxed and confident she is in God's design of pregnancy and birth. it is such a breath of fresh air to not feel like i am sitting on pins and needles unsure of how things are going and if we *really* are okay!! i really really really appreciate the "no alarms" blaring just because we may hit 40 weeks with no baby yet. I think we are all hoping for a baby sometime in the next few days to week, but it was nice to be able to talk about the next appt in a relaxed and confident manner.

Oh...for those of you that have asked about dialation or "progress"...I am declining cervical checks this pregnancy...well, not really "declining" as MW only does them if i ask her to, so i'm just not asking for them lol! in the past my body doesn't seem to really "gear up" prior to well established labor...it is completley natural for me to go week after week with little to no change in dialation, effacement..etc as my body seems to like to wait until labor before really indulging lol. in the past this has led to the last few weeks prior to birth being filled with anxiety and hope for "change" only to be dissapointed when there was none. this time i am trusting that my body knows what to do and when to do it and am not "counting" on prelabor dilation checks. Plus, they are uncomfortiable, put you at risk for bacteria being moved up the birth canal and are unreliable as they don't tell you anything about when you will go into labor. one person can be 5 cm's dialated for weeks before delievering, another person (llike my past history) be only 1-2 cm's and then go into labor that very night!..so i am just saving myself the trouble and worry this time around. plus it will be more encouraging to me to assume i am not dialated at all, have that first check during labor and then be thrilled with hearing anything that is said that is above zero lol...verses being told i was 2 cm's at a prenatal appt, go into labor, get an eventaul check and then be told i am "only" 3 cm's...yes that is progress, but would "seem" like MORE progress if the week before i had assumed there was no dialation at all...make sense? it's all about keeping a positive frame of mind during birth and i am doing all i can to guard that "mental peace"!

So, until next week... (or a baby announcement if he comes before then!! )... our newest belly pics: last weeks pic (38 weeks) on the left, and this weeks pic (39 weeks) on the right, not much change really....