Hope!

This has information about my body and body parts in general. If you read it, you get over it.

So the doctor appt went in a direction that I had not predicted. Will she induce earlier then 39 weeks? No. Have I dilated anymore? No. Is there hope? Yes!

Did you know that only 15% of women have their water break naturally? The rest of them are far into labor before the doctor breaks it for them. (Your 'water breaking' is actually a tear in the amniotic sac, causing amniotic fluid to either gush or drip down your legs. When this happens, the baby must be delivered within 24 hours no matter what because of the increased risk of infection.) Most of the time women know that labor has started not because of their water breaking (unlike what the movies make it seem like) but by the intensifying and constant contractions.

While my doctor was checking my cervix, she said that not only was it effacing (thinning out) but she could also feel my water sack pressing against it. She told me to set an appointment for a week later, and that if I hadn't gone into labor by then she'd set a date to induce, but that she'd be surprised if my water didn't break in less then a week.

That'll teach me to listen to books, statistics, and stories of "normal" labors. I asked her some good ways to naturally encourage my water to break, and other than the obvious way that's not possible due to absence of husband, I'll be walking, dancing, and aiming for potholes in the road while in the car. Wish me luck!

*bounce bounce bounce bounce*