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@avivoca: That's smart!! I hope this is the day for you and am thinking and praying happy, safe quick labor thoughts for you! If I had gone by pain level I wouldn't have made it to the hospital in time so definitely let the contractions be your guide.

Baby O is head down and I think ready. I received my last shot this past Friday. Contractions have been kicking up. I am 36 weeks today and I have an appointment tomorrow so only time will tell what's going on. We have everything ready for baby O's arrival tho. So now we just wait and see.

I am curious to see who our next October baby is!

@FaithFertility: Thinking of you with this hurricane. Hope all is well and stays well!

@Kitkat: @avicoca: I lost most of my mucus plug last Friday-ish and some more then next day. Baby's still cooking away! Hoping it means something more for you. I've heard with 2nd+ time moms it really does mean something will happen soon...not so much for FTMs. Best wishes to you both!

With the hurricane barreling down (or rather up) the coast, my OB office has take.this opportune moment to cancel all appointments for the rest of the week. I had my weekly appointment tomorrow where I'll be 40w5d and now they say "come back Monday if you're still pregnant!" They say I can go to L&D to request my weekly BPP and NST, but it seems like a crapshoot and I'm worried they wouldn't let me leave without guilting me into inducing me. I can continue to wait it out until baby is ready, but I just want to be sure the baby's doing well. With AMA (40+), there's a slight increased risk of fetal health declining after 40w. Meanwhile baby is pummeling away and seems as feisty as always. WWYD?

@Amorini: I'll jump in here and just offer my two cents as someone who has gone late with all 3 pregnancies although not AMA. (I've been 40+5, 42, and 41 weeks pregnant at delivery.) When was the last NST/BPP? If you haven't had one since being over 40 weeks yet, I think it's worth going in and doing it at L&D but otherwise, if you have, I would just monitor baby's movement and at the slightest down turn in movement head right into L&D. But that's just me and I'm not a doctor - just thinking about what has been done in my circumstances.

@Amorini: That's such a tough situation. I would probably go in for a NST just to be on the safe side/for peace of mind. Also, with DD2 I lost at least part of my mucus plug with blood at 38 weeks and still never went into labor on my own over the next week.

@whiskers: Yeah, I imagine that's what we'll do. I appreciate your thoughts! And, yeah, the mucus plug is sort of a wildcard. I wonder what would happen if you lost yours on this pregnancy like right now...would it happen faster?! I guess we will find out!

@MrsRcCar: Hope he comes at the perfect time.

Insomnia has me up again at 3:30 am this week. I got some good work done without the distraction of kids.

@avivoca: @Amorini: I keep hoping I'll check and one of you will have an exciting update.

@whiskers: Had contractions about 10 minutes apart for 3-4 hours but they either died out or weakened enough that I slept for a couple of hours.

@whiskers: I'd like to avoid tomorrow if I can but I know it isn't up to me.

@avivoca: This was me last night and a couple nights this week. It was my big guys birthday yesterday. He was pretty bummed baby O wasn't here yet.
@whiskers: I just need to get through today. My DH will be home tomorrow morning and the weekend. I am hoping we nap today but it's not looking hopeful. My boys have been nap striking to top it all off. Bring on the coffee.

@FaithFertility and @Amorini: Stay safe! I'll be thinking about both of you!

@FaithFertility: Are you possibly going to have to evacuate?

@FaithFertility: Thinking about you!

We are under mandatory evac orders. We had a place to stay on higher ground, but then they evacuated that area, too. We aren't sure what we are going to do.... time is ticking.

@Amorini: Oh no! Where will you guys go?

@Amorini: ohhhh no!!!!!

So... not sure yet but we may stay at our high ground option. No good options now as it is still within the mandatory evac, but gets us and our dogs out of the worst of it and close to services. That's what we've come to after weighing our options over the last six hours. It's also the only way we can still go my hospital... I went into L&D for monitoring and I'm now 0 cm dilated, 0% effaced and the baby is sunny side up....and I got a lot of side-eye for not signing up for induction then and there...They are understaffed and only doing emergency inductions but would have called it an emergency if I wanted it... so all around, kind of a crappy time and I'm predictably guilt-ridden for staying in a evac zone and not signing up for induction. The negative Nellie midwife said "Nothing good happens after 41w" and "your baby could die." DH is scared and I'm annoyed-scared.

Talked with my doula and I'll probably return to L&D on Saturday when I'll be 41w and when my OB is scheduled to be on-call. I'll do more monitoring and have him weigh in on induction.

Any thoughts and experiences are welcome! As I said, no great options here. We want our baby to be healthy! That's #1!

ETA: I was 1 cm at my last appt! Oh and the baby looked "beautiful" today on the NST. They didn't do a BPP.

So dd has been sick with a cold since this weekend and as of yesterday dh has it too. This afternoon I started feeling a little icky too, but I also had my flu shot yesterday so it could be that. Hopefully we don't wind up bringing a newborn home to a house full of sick people!

@Amorini: Hang in there! You know what's right for your family and will make the best decision for your little one. Sending prayers that he/she decides to stay warm and cozy another day or so and experiences this storm from the inside! Take care and keep us posted...

@Amorini: I'm really sorry that the midwife said those things to you. She's absolutely wrong. I think you have a good plan to go in when your doctor is on call and get monitored/talk induction with a provider you know. I'm 41 weeks tomorrow and my CNM and the OB's are very comfortable letting me go to 42 weeks, even with gestational diabetes. There have been no scare tactics.

Stay safe!

No more contractions today. I went for a mile walk with the dog, bounced on the labor ball, took two naps, and ate some spicy food. Nothing is working.

@Amorini: Just chiming in to say that maybe the hurricane will help baby come. I gave birth during Hurricane Sandy...my water broke just before the storm hit. As did several other women's. So much so that within an hour of my arrival, every L&D room was full and people were laboring in the hallway. Apparently the low barometric pressure can trigger water breaking. Stay safe....I so remember the anxiety about my baby girl's birth around the storm! It sure made for a good story!