Due Date

Today is Baby Swan's due date and alas, we have no baby.  I'd say Kevin was way off when he said he'd be born on September 28th.  I had little faith he'd be born early, but I thought maybe, just maybe he'd be here by now.  Oh well, that's life...he'll be here soon enough!  So today I had my 40 week appointment.  Not a whole lot happened, I'm about as far along as I was at my 39 week appointment.  I'm 1-2 cm dialated and about 50% effaced.  I know this has very little to do with when I'll deliver, but it would've been nice to see a little change this week.  I still am not really having any contractions, just a few every so often.  So we continue to sit and wait in the Swan household.  I'm still pretty comfortable and work is being flexible with allowing me to keep coming in and working up until I deliver Baby Swan.  Today at my appointment we talked about what is next.  If I'm still pregnant at 41 weeks I'll have an ultrasound and a non-stress test.  This is normal procedure and is just to make sure the placenta is still providing everything Baby Swan needs.  It is at this appointment that we'll also talk about induction and when we should evict  Baby Swan.  I really want to avoid an induction if at all possible, so I'm doing my best to sweet talk Baby Swan into coming this week.  The weather is beautiful and I think it'd be a lovely week to be born!  My sister is trying to convince him to come so he can watch Twins playoff baseball with him and get a chance to wear his new Twins onesie while the Twins are actually still playing!  We shall see what happens!

In other exciting news our good friends Jess and Aleks just had a baby boy, Kade Aleksandar, on October 3rd!  They didn't know what they were having so I was very excited to hear it was a boy, Baby Swan will have a playmate very close in age!  Aleks and I were roommates in college and it has been fun to share the experience of pregnancy and all the joys that come with it!  I still haven't had a chance to meet Kade, but I can't wait and am excited that Aleks and I will have maternity leave off together.  I also can't wait to talk to Aleks about her labor and birth story, it'll be nice to chat with someone who has gone through it so recently!

So this week brings more waiting, Kevin and I are trying to balance doing things and putting our lives on pause while we await Baby Swan's arrival.  We celebrated Gwen's golden birthday on Sunday and will celebrate Bubba's birthday this coming Sunday!  Hopefully before too long, we'll also be celebrating Baby Swan's birthday!  Until then, more waiting, continuing to work, get the house ready for a baby and just enjoy our last few days as a couple!