Thanks, everyone! :)

Well, it's obvious a lot of you out there have been praying for me. Last week was terrible. At least earlier in the week, right around our due date. It's not easy to see your due date come and then go, especially when you're NOT a first time Mom--first one was 38 weeks, Jeremiah was right on his due date... Needless to say, it was pretty disheartening to see this side of our due date.

But things are going better now. By our appointment on Thursday, I was beginning to accept things. Of course, that whole thing with the measuring discrepency drained my spirit a bit, but I recovered. I've got my "head back in the game," so to speak. It did help to do some research over this weekend, and reading about other midwifery practices who have half their Moms deliver early and half late. Also read a nice post on a doula's blog about natural induction, and how the best method is "Dinner & A Date!" A relaxed Mom is more likely to go into labor than a stressed Mom, so why not take a time out, enjoy a bubble bath, let Dad make dinner, and relax. If "other things" sound fun and you're up to it, try it, but don't stress about trying a bunch of different things to get labor going--it's just not worth it.

Now, my views on all that will probably change at this point next week, should we still be waiting... After all, I'd much rather "induce" with the help of evening primrose oil and other various "stimulations" rather than in a hospital getting pumped full of pitocin (which I also learned is usually dispensed in doses waaaaaaaay higher than the package insert's recommendation... we'll have our birth assistant there to make sure things are done 'by the book', since I don't know how to find that stuff out. Helps that she's going through nursing school, too.)

Anyways, I just thought I would post that I'm feeling much better about everything. I still want her here ASAP, though... I'd be nice to be able to roll over/stand up/sit up without having my pelvis "crack" everytime--yes, it cracks when I move... it's a pretty weird feeling, too. I guess "12 lb" babies'll do that to ya... Didn't have that with Jeremiah... didn't have a lot of what I've got this time with him. What a strange pregnancy.

So thank you, to all of you who've been praying for me! God has given me peace and has calmed my nerves, and I can honestly say I'm doing well, for the first time in a while. Hopefully, it stays with me--I can see it waning as the week goes on, but for now, I'm okay. So yeah, Jess Jr, Mommy's relaxed, feel free to come anytime.... tonight would be nice (gotta stick with the Sunday thing--both others were born on Sundays... gotta at least get things started on a Sunday, right? And wouldn't it be cute if both Jeremiah and Jess Jr had the same birth "day"?? 9/7/08... not bad. :) If not, it's all good.)

I think I'll need to start shopping for a "prize" for my Mom... yeah, there're still two others in the running for tomorrow, but if tomorrow comes and goes, then it'll definitely be my Mom who wins--there's no one left! Crazy... What'll be really interesting is when #3 is due--I have no idea what my guess'll be for that one!

Okay, back to the game--it's football season again! Need to find my jersey, though... I wonder if it'll fit right now... Go Hines Ward! Steelers are crushing the Texans... but seriously, did they think they'd have a chance, in Heines Field, for the season opener??? I feel bad for the road teams today... I doubt many of 'em'll win...