40 weeks!!

So, yesterday marked my 40 weeks/my due date! Unfortunately, Sophia has still decided to stay inside. I went in yesterday for my 40 week check up and the baby is still doing good. I will continue to go in for monitoring every 2 days and if I don't have her by Monday (the 16th) then I will be induced. I really hope that I don't have to be induced as I would like her to come naturally but I guess I understand and I definietly want whats best for her.

I wasn't sure if I was going to share this story but I decided that maybe this will help other mother's out there. On Friday (the 6th), I went in for my OB appointment and everything went well. That night while I was cooking dinner I felt like I was almost having contractions. I felt pain in my pelvis but when I stopped to sit or lay down, the pain went away. I figured this was just normal pains and that everything was OK. That night as I laying in bed trying to go to sleep I realized that I hadn't felt the baby move in quite a while. I started to get worried so I pushed around on my stomach and tried to get her to move. I still never really felt her move but decided that everything was fine. I woke up Saturday morning and started worrying again as I still couldn't feel her move. I informed Daniel of this about an hour later and we decided that we would go to the hospital. After taking a shower, I sat down to call the Doctor and I just lost it. I couldn't even make the phone call to the doctor without crying. I asked Daniel if he would call for me and see what they said. They told me to come down and they would check everything out. My wonderful husband took me down there and might I add went faster than normal (thank goodness for the autobahn, lol). We got there and she set me up for monitoring and found the heartbeat right away. When she left the room, I started crying again. It was such a relief to know that she was OK. When I was done, I asked the midwife if she was OK because I still hadn't felt her move. She showed me on the graph that they do monitor when she moves and that she was moving enough and even though I couldn't feel her move that she was still moving. It was such an emotionally exhausting day and I'm just glad that everything turned out OK.

I went in for monitoring again yesterday and still hadn't really felt her move. I just need to remember that she is running out of room and that she may not move as much as normal. The midwife came in and scared me because she asked if I had felt the baby move and I said no. She had me take some deep breaths and waited a few minutes and then looked at the graph again and said that she was moving but not alot. I really do hope that even though she isn't moving very much that she is doing OK and that she will come out a happy and healthy baby. I think with this being my first pregnancy and first child that I am going to worry about everything but I truly hope that she will come out healthy and without any complications.

Hopefully she shows up soon!