37 weeks

37 weeks today - that means baby is technically full term now! That is just amazing to me! Yesterday I had another weekly appointment. Found out I am already 1 & 1/2 cm dilated and 60% effaced. But still -3 station (meaning baby's head is not engaged in the pelvis yet). I know none of that really means much - I could still walk around like this for weeks with no change. But, at least all these Braxton-Hicks contractions I have been having are actually doing something! The doctor jokingly said, "I'm on call tomorrow - you want to have your baby then?" I had to laugh, I still feel like I have much to do before baby gets here! It almost still feels like a dream - I'm not sure I'll believe it until baby is in my arms. Turns out my doctor is going on a ski trip next week. So I made a deal with him - I won't go into labor until he gets back as long as he doesn't break any bones during his vacation!

I found a website where I could host a "baby pool" - everyone can guess what the baby's gender, birthday, weight and length will be. Once baby gets here, the site will calculate a winner based on the closest guess. Since pretty much everything is a surprise with this baby, I am really entertained by everyone's guesses so far!

As of now, boy guesses are leading 16-13.

Birthday guesses are ranging from February 20th (too soon Kelly!!) all the way to March 11th (Cheryl - do you really want me to be miserable for that much longer??). But it looks like March 5th is the popular date so far with 5 out of 29 guesses, that is my suspicion too!

Rachel is thinking I'll have a small baby - 6 lbs 6 oz (sounds good to me!) but Betsy apparently wants to hurt me during labor with an 8 lb 11oz baby (ouch!)

Only time will tell! If you still want to put in your guess, follow the link below.