40 weeks...1 more week and we meet our baby!

So let's see...Saturday night I took some castor oil because some friends told me that the day after they took it they had their children.  Unfortunately, that was not the case for me. I was up all night, my stomach was as hard as a rock, I was having contractions, my hips & lower back were hurting and I couldn't get comfortable. Sunday morning I called Brad at work and asked him to come home and be miserable with me. He was nice enough to call in to work and sit around the house with me. He tried to help me feel better. After a nap I started feeling better.

I went to my 40 week appointment yesterday hoping the doctor would tell me that my cervix had started to soften. No luck. The castor oil did nothing. I have had no change in four weeks. My doctor actually told me that I am officially her most unfavorable cervix. So unless this child comes on its own, I will be induced on Tuesday, Dec. 11th.

My doctor will give me an epidural and then do a procedure call the cervical ripening balloon to hopefully start softening and opening up my cervix. I will try to give birth to the baby after that, but if I don't dilate enough then a c-section it is.

Here's a picture of me at 40 weeks. I will keep you all posted on when our stubborn bundle of joy arrives.