Well, tomorrow is the "Due Date", and baby Dorian is still baking. Last Thursday's appointment Gina examined me and found me to be 3 centimeters dilated and 50% effaced. Yesterday's appointment I was still about 3 centimeters but she said that Dorian has dropped even more since last Thursday. It seems he is completely content with dropping, my mom says it might be a quick birth as low as he is (very, very, very low) and if he is pressing on my cervix more and more, then that will help thin it out (effacing). Yesterday I hiked for 35 minutes (I think), 2.24 miles and avoiding any running just in case this birth is quick. Today I think I am going to hike again, and run a little, hoping that it might put enough pressure on him to either get the labor going or cause more dilation. I will keep my hike on the smaller loop trail that will keep me within 5 minutes of my Tahoe just in case. My mom said that my little brother was so low that her doctor was surprised she was able to keep him in, he had put so much pressure that she was 90% effaced, she went in not feeling good and didn't even know she was in labor until the doctor told her so. Gina asked if I wanted her to strip my membranes yesterday, but I declined.... although I want him to come, I want him to come on his own.... but if he isn't born before next Tuesday's appointment then I am going to have her strip the membranes.
I can definitely say that everything is getting very uncomfortable now, except for walking and running, I can't hardly sleep because every position hurts, I can't hardly sit because it hurts. When I sit down too low, it feels like I've shoved something back up inside of me... and it hurts. The only thing saving my sanity is hiking, with a little running involved... otherwise I think I would literally lose my mind.
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