Just an update...

Day 18:

Well...I missed a day. Oops. Oh well, I will continue on in the challenge as long as I can =)

First a picture since I forgot to post one with my 40 week survey...
....looking a little bit like Barney.

Our day started bright and early (well, mine started around 4am...seems to be a good time to wake up for no good reason) and headed to the doctor for our ultrasound. They wanted to check and make sure everything looks healthy and that there is still plenty of amniotic fluid and such for Caroline and to measure her. Everything looks great and they say she looks super healthy which is music to my hears, but what was not so exciting was after the technician plugged in all the measurements she said "hmm...let me check these again, because maybe these are wrong" and then said "nope, they're all right! Looks like you're going to have a big baby! She's measuring in the 92 percentile and estimated to weigh around 9 pounds 2 ounces!"...yikes! They told us on Wednesday that thought she was a big girl, but hearing a more precise measurement certainly made me nervous about pushing this baby out unmedicated...however, I'm still going to give it a shot! After the ultrasound, we headed over to see our midwife. She suggested since Caroline is so big already and since I'll be 41 weeks on Sunday, that we go ahead and try to induce. Fortunately, she has been awesome in working with what we want and trying to stick to our "plan" that she is going to try and help us avoid pitocin so I can have the best chance of not having an epidural. However, I've come to terms with the fact that my "plan" may not work out just the way I want it to, and I'm ok with that. I just want to have my girl here! It is so crazy to think that wait is almost over and by Monday we should be holding our daughter! The midwife checked me again today and said there is a VERY good chance I will go into labor on my own before Sunday because I am 2 cm and 100% effaced and Caroline is very low, so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that happens! We will see soon enough =)

After a morning of appointments and a long afternoon nap, Greg and I went on one last date to see Breaking Dawn and then to dinner at La Bamba. I was SO glad I got to see the movie in the theater, because I was so bummed whenever the trailer was released and I saw it came out the 18th...maybe Caroline just wanted me to be able to see it haha! After dinner we came home and had Thomas come over to move in our new refrigerator! It is so much better than our old one, and I'll post about that tomorrow!