Could be any day now!

Marsupial1022

So we had our doctor's appointment this morning, and it looks like the past week of pre-labor was worth all that aggravation. I'm currently dilated at a 1, 50% effaced, baby's head is currently at the -1 position (doc said that my cervix was way out in front and that he could feel her head), and that given how everything has progressed since he saw me last week that I could go into labor any day now. He even teased us by saying that he would begrudgingly share his birthday with her next week considering how stressful things had been trying to keep her from coming early since April. LOL

I can honestly say that I've never been more excited in my entire life. It's like being a kid again and going through a hundred Christmases all at once. I honestly thought I'd be scared of going into labor, becoming a parent, and all that (I totally was when we first found out), but I find myself to be strangely zen about the whole thing. It's hard to explain, but I feel totally ready for this.

Hallil

That's great your doc is so happy with your progress. I'm with you on the excited part, I'm so ready for labour right now after all the work and prep and learning I have done leading up to it but I feel clueless when it comes to actually caring for and raising my baby!

Marsupial1022

Hallil:

That's great your doc is so happy with your progress. I'm with you on the excited part, I'm so ready for labour right now after all the work and prep and learning I have done leading up to it but I feel clueless when it comes to actually caring for and raising my baby!

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll probably be more nervous about that AFTER she's here and my brain realizes that she's not just some kicky-punchy-headbutty figment of my imagination. I've never cared for an infant human before (I've raised plenty of foals, though!), but I've been reassured by many people that a lot of it comes on instinct.

I'm sure we'll do fine when it comes down to it. Good luck when your LO comes!