Still pregnant...for now

Our due date is this Friday and I am currently still pregnant!  I went to work for the preservice days Monday, Tuesday, and today.  It was much harder than I expected it to be.  I figured I would just be sitting, so it wouldn't be any harder than just sitting around at home.  I even took my own camping chair because I knew I couldn't sit on cafeteria table benches that long.  (I don't even really fit very well).  But after Monday, I was exhausted.  I started having some contractions Monday night, but I think they were false labor.  My whole stomach would tighten and I would notice it, but it wasn't particularly painful.  It did worry me that I had exhausted myself at school and might go in to labor that night.  Luckily I didn't.  I went home early Tuesday, and technically went home early today.

Today we went to the bank to sign over papers for Stephen's car (yay!).  We bought a new car a week and a half ago (a Highlander) and sold Stephen's car (the Audi TT).  When we bought the TT, we knew it would get sold when we had a baby.  The "backseat" was not exactly big enough for a car seat.   Six years later, he had to part with it.  It's weird to say goodbye to a car you've had for a while.

Our doctor appointment was after the bank.  The bank took so long that I had to go to the doctor appointment by myself at first and then the person who bought the car (a family friend) dropped Stephen off after they finished.  I had to do another Strep B test because they're only good for a few weeks, and mine will expire early next week.  It was negative before, so hopefully it will be negative again.  The test isn't painful, so it wasn't really a big deal.

The doctor said I am 2 - 3 cm, which is exciting.  She when you dilate, your cervix and be "webby," meaning dilated, but with some web type strings attached.  So she went ahead and tore them all out.  That was fun.  And Stephen wasn't there yet, so I was by myself.  She told me to take deep breaths, but it was really painful.  Made me more scared of labor!

I've had some contractions, more intense than before, since the doctor appointment.  I went over to my parents and floated in the water for a while (and swam my dog to wear her out).  The contractions are still not too painful, but I'm definitely noticing them more.  Maybe it's the beginning, or maybe it's just a reaction to what the doctor did.  We shall see.  In the meantime, here's a picture of me from last week (and I don't think I've grown much since).