Mission Accomplished

We've made it to 36 weeks. In fact, we've made it to 36 weeks and 3 days, which is almost 37 weeks, which, by all accounts, is full term. I went to the doctor last Monday and was still 3-4 cm dilated and 80-90% effaced. I went back today and there really had not been any change. The midwife was quite suprised. She said she called the midwife on call last Monday to let her know that I would be having the baby then. Hah! She predicted that at this point this pregnancy would take the course of the last one, where I would dilate "silently" to 5 cm and they would send me on to the hospital for induction. No one knows how long that's going to take. I went off the anti-contraction medicine yesterday. This is an odd course of events, indeed. We counted the days until 35 weeks, and then counted the days until 36 weeks. Now, we're ready when you are, baby girl.