Doctor, Doctor

Sorry, I couldn't resist titling this post after the Thompson Twins' popular song!  I remember dancing to it with a broom on my parent's deck when I was young.  By that time, it was way past its release date (1984, if you're curious), but I remember it clearly on a tape with a lot of other great songs, like Toto's "Rosanna" and Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue."  Something is definitely wrong with you if the lyrics from one of these songs doesn't get in your head now, haha!

Today is officially 41 weeks.  We headed in for another ultrasound and exam.  There have been no changes in how I'm feeling as of yet - still feeling baby move regularly & not feeling any contractions (that I know of).  I'm still a happy, though progressively more impatient, pregnant woman.

We passed the time this morning with grocery shopping and putting together a few early Christmas gifts from baby's Babcia - a toy chest and footstool.  (Though, the footstool probably won't be used for a long while yet!  Luckily, it tucks nicely into the toy chest until we need it.)

Cute little footstool for baby!

The beautiful toy chest!

The ultrasound went well:  baby still has plenty of amniotic fluid, is showing signs of fetal breathing, and is moving around well.  His/her head is nicely engaged in my pelvis.  Status quo from last week.  The ultrasound tech clued us in a little cool fact about baby - s/he has a ton of hair on his/her head!  We even got to see it waving around on the ultrasound screen.  Don't let the peaceful picture below fool you - s/he was moving around like crazy in there!

Baby's cute little face & hand/arm at 41 weeks.

As for my stubborn cervix, the doctor today agreed with my usual doctor that it is still quite stubbornly not dilated.  There's nothing new they (or I) can do at this point if labor doesn't start on its own except consider induction with a cervical dilating gel overnight followed by a pitocin IV to start contractions.  I'm so not eager to go that route.  So, in the meantime, we'll let you know when there's new news to share.