Katy and her friend Ella, next door (as evidenced by our house in the background - their house is in the background of so many of our pictures...)The word from the doc this week is the same: 1.5 cm dilated, 50% effaced, but the cervix was "further forward." I'm not sure what that means, but she said it was good. She shrugged and said, "I'm not expecting anything this week. But we'll see." So we're still chugging along.
There's one reason I'm really thankful for this: I've come down with a cold and have essentially lost my voice. It's not a terrible cold, but it's keeping me up at night more (as if I wasn't already waking up enough!) and is just annoying. I think it would be nice to get past this little ailment before the delivery, but of course it's not a huge deal. Last week I was feeling desperate to have this kid, but this week I feel like I could wait a while. So we'll see...
And now... a funny Katy story:
At some point during the day, I usually let Katy pick out and watch a video. I think if you were to ask her, she would call this the highlight of her day. She will frequently go over to the cabinet where the DVD's are, pat the glass, put on her cutest face, and ask, "Watcha bideo? Watcha bideo?" If you answer in the positive: giggling, laughing, and dancing follow.
So today she came up and asked me for a video right before naptime. I was on the phone, and in a distracted manner, I said, "in a minute." But when I got off the phone, instead of putting in a video, I informed her that it was naptime. Not good news. Tears, and I mean real tears of sadness, not tantrum tears, ran down her face. As I put her in the crib she was crying, "Bideo! Bideo!" So as I walked out of the room, I promised, "After nap, honey, you can watch a video."
Fast forward an hour or so, and I heard the familiar Mommy-calling from her bedroom after the blissful silence of her sleep. As I walked down the hall to her room, I wondered if she would remember that I had promised a video. So I cracked open the door to barely peek into the room, and she stood up with a huge hopeful grin on her face, "BIDEO?!?" Not even a greeting for Mommy, it was as if she'd been dreaming about that video the entire nap. With a memory like that, I think I'm in trouble... and I better watch what I say.
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Yeah, you'll be surprised at what they can remember. Jacob and Ellie always amaze me with the stuff they bring up. I'm hoping they remember all the good things and forget the days when I'm in a bad mood! =)
That's so funny. I'm seeing the same thing with Jack - REAL tears of sadness when he has to come inside and take his wellies off. He's obsessed with his wellies and snow right now. We'll have to be careful what we distractedly say "yes to!
Glad to hear your docs app. went well but sorry you have a cold. Not sure what the "further forward cervix" means but it sure sounds like baby-readiness to me!
Em - I hope your cold is better soon! I actually learn a little something about the "further forward cervix" this weekend, but that's a little too much info to share in a comment! If I can keep it in mind perhaps I'll email you this weekend.
Cute photo!
Keeping it up on the baby front. I'm not sure what would be worse, the doctor saying "probably not this week" like yours does, or "I'll see you in a week, or probably before (wink, wink)" like I got from my OB. He got my hopes up for about 3 weeks. Grr.
I love the "Bideo" story. Zachariah is doing the same thing. It scares me to death! I think if you got him in town somewhere, he could get you back to our house (and he's not even talking in sentences yet). He has an AMAZING memory.
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