The night before.....

I have tried my best to help coax little Ava on out, but she just seems too happy where she is. I think I walked about 40 laps around the back yard today hoping to help move things along. No luck. So while I was hoping she would come on her own time, it looks like her clock is running out :)

Hopefully if all goes well, sometime tomorrow I will be a Mommy! I feel such an array of emotions right now. I am so excited and eager to meet Ava and hold her and hug her and love her! For the last 41 weeks Chad and I have had so many special moments thinking about her and imagining how wonderful it will be to have her here and now it is becoming a reality, our little family is about to change in ways we can't even imagine.

We are scheduled to arrive at the hospital tomorrow morning at 5 am - while I am filled with such excitement and anticipation, I am also feeling nervous and a bit scared about the whole inducing and delivery process. I doubt I will sleep much tonight. But I am taking comfort in knowing that I will be in excellent hands, I have Chad to coach me through and support me and that God will give me the strength and the courage I need to endure the long day ahead.

I look forward to soon sharing the news with everyone that our little girl has arrived!! Thank you to everyone for your love and support and well wishes, it means so much to me. Night night for now.

Are we getting induced?

Well, yesterday Chad and I packed up the car, snapped what we thought would be our last "pregnant" photo, excitedly bid farewell to the house and headed out to my doctor's appointment, thinking that within the next hour we would be sent across the street to the hospital to be induced. Not the case.

The doctor seems to believe that little Ava may still come on her own and wanted to give her a few more days to think it over. We are scheduled for a very early Thursday morning trip to the hospital should she decide she still wants to stay in the womb.

Obviously Chad and I were on an emotional roller-coaster that day and were a bit disappointed that we weren't going to get to meet our precious little one on Monday. We do agree with the doctor and think it would be best if Ava would come on her own terms, we just wanted it to be sooner rather than later :)

41 weeks and still no Ava....

My bags are all packed and ready to go (have been for about 4 weeks) not that I'm counting ... and we are heading in to week 41 tomorrow with no baby Ava. I truly cannot believe our little one has delayed her arrival so much, I really thought she would be an early bird, especially since she got into "position" so early on, but one never knows. I have tried being very patient and have told myself that she will come when she is ready, but I am so ready to meet her, each day that goes by gets harder and harder. Tomorrow I will have my routine doctor's check up and we will discuss our options concerning inducing...I for one cannot wait!