40 weeks!!!

That's right...yesterday was Baby T's due date!!  We were sorely mistaken, but we definitely thought that his birthday would come well before his due date.  We blatantly ignored the statistic that half of all babies are born after their due dates (especially first babies) and proceeded on the assumption that our little man would be here early, maybe even in September.  As evidence, we had our bags packed in mid-September and we even did some stocking up grocery-wise in late September.  We didn't make any concrete plans for the last week of September, and even our plans prior to the end of September did not seem likely to pan out.  We prepared everyone at work, which is probably why we get confused looks (and sometimes high fives) every day we make it in for another workday.  We thought we'd be able to have our annual Halloween party because our little guy would be old enough by then.  We also thought that we'd be watching the debates with our little guy and already taking long walks in this gorgeous fall weather.  We prematurely went on what we thought would be our last date night prior to baby a few weekends ago.  We even had our families fooled, which is obvious by the birth date guesses which don't go past 10/16 (this one is actually really late...the earliest guess was 9/27 and the latest other than this was 10/12).  We have many friends with birthdays at the end of September and in October, but we always laughed when anyone with a birthday in mid-October or later said, "Maybe the baby will share my birthday."  We thought, "Yeah right."  Needless to say, we were wrong.  This is a time when it's okay to be wrong though.  We're grateful that he's stayed put for so long because only he knows how long he needs to stay in order to be healthy.  With that in mind, he can stay in there for as long as he needs...well, maybe not too much longer :)

We found out at our doctor's appointment yesterday that it actually won't be much longer until we get to meet Baby T.  We learned that Bridget has progressed to one centimeter dilated and is 50% effaced, although Baby T's head is still pretty high.  Bridget's blood pressure was initially a little high, but it came down the second time the nurse checked it.  So, we have another doctor's appointment scheduled for Thursday morning to check Bridget's blood pressure again.  Assuming it's normal, our doctor scheduled an induction for Monday night.  Basically, we'll head into the hospital on Monday night to get things started, but the actual induction with pitocin won't start until Tuesday morning.  So, if all goes well, we'll only have to wait one more week at most to meet our little guy!  In the meantime, Bridget's last day of work before maternity leave will be tomorrow.  Since we're past his due date and Bridget's starting to feel the effects of being overdue, it seems like the perfect time to slow things down a bit prior to the baby's arrival.

As always, we'll keep you updated.  To close, here is a picture of Bridget from Sunday with her 40-week belly and a picture of our little devils ready for Halloween :)