Okay, had our appt. baby is looking good. blood pressure is still normal. baby's heartrate sounded great. got himself into the coveted OA position last night! (yay! everytime i'd get a contrax last night, which was every 2 hours when i'd wake to switch sides i was sleeping on,  i'd "tell" baby..get into OA, drop into my pelvis, putting nice, even, wonderful pressure on my cervix...i know, kind of silly, but it was keeping me focused at least) He is still around a -2 station. we talked of induction stuff. she offered to sweep our membranes today, but we declined and said next appt if we hadn't had baby we would then (at that point it is last resort to going for a hospitalized induction and she said they are very "managed", they don't just "aim" to get you into labor and then leave you alone, they get labor going via "A, B, and C" and then keep labor going every x-amount of hours by adding in D, E, and F...blech...i will diff be doing all kinds of natural techniques (mild or agressive) before then to try to keep from going into the hospital and having them do it "thier way!!" Hopefully the reflexology massage will help.

she pointed out each place on my foot as she massaged and how each point affects the body (uterus, breast area for oxytocin, and bowel area) and also used very specific oils. we used Rose oil to stimulate the Uterus, and Neroli & Manderin oils all combined in 2% ratios. it smelled, strong, but heavenly! she said they will soak into the skin, enter the bloodstream and hopefully "add" to the already present birthing hormones in my blood. she said it is a very mild way to try to "tip" you over into labor. i asked if it was quite common or worked very well in her experience as this was the first i'd heard of reflexology massage? she said it was hard to tell. some of her clients would go into labor the next day, but it is hard to know for sure if it was related to the massage or if they would have gone into labor anyway. this morning it seemed like we've lost bits of the Plug, but still doesn't mean anything since it wasn't the "tippy top" part. if it'd been the tippy top part we could be more excited about going into labor in the next 24 hours or so, but with it being bits and peices it could still be weeks away, but still, nice to see something happening lol. (maybe those were real contraxs last night afterall? i couldn't tell if they were Braxton Hicks or real ones. They were much more intense than what i'd had before, but they didn't "roll" like real contraxs, they just "gripped" my stomach and back area which is typical of Braxton Hicks)

anyway, Joe and i are going to go do a little bit of shopping. i am hoping staying on my feet will get this guy to drop more into my pelvis while he is in a good position. not having any contraxs or anything yet from massage...may be quite a few hours before i start to feel any effects from it.  crossing my fingers and toes though! this would be a fantastic weekend for baby to come (but like *any* day isn't good! lol!) The house is clean today and would love to include some pics of baby in a slideshow that is being shown at church on sunday! after baby comes we're not going to be taking him out for a couple weeks (flu season for one reason) and until i recover well and family adjusts..etc for other reasons. Having a picture up there with all the other children of the church would be a nice way for us to relax everyone else's curiosity and baby anxiety without me having to be there in person for them to see him right away.

****wish us luck and send us labor vibes this weekend. we'll keep you updated, we love you all but please don't call and ask if we've had him yet. it only adds to my anxiety, and anxiety dumps adrenalin into mom's bloodstream which can actually inhibit labor. Don't worry...no possible way we'd "forget" to call anyone once he is here!!!!! Just take "no news" as exactly that...no news. *wink* ****