Question of the week: you're still here?

Here we are 2 days from the due date, still no baby but a few promising developments (more on that in a minute).  As was my plan, I'm continuing to work either till contractions start or until I don't feel up to it.  The way I see it, I'd rather save up my leave time to use once Daniel arrives, plus staying busy makes the waiting time go by more quickly than it would if I were sitting at home watching the clock.  It's funny though how many people are surprised that I'm still there, I must get asked about it half a dozen times a day.  Not that anyone seems to think it's a bad idea to be working through, but I guess people are surprised to see that I'm still feeling so well so far along.

And all things considered, I am probably feeling as well as one could hope to feel so close to time.  I am rather uncomfortable and sore and still waking up several times a night but it could be much worse.  For the past few days I've had cramps, which is apparently an early labor sign.  A friend from our Bradley class had her son a few weeks ago and says she experienced cramps shortly before her labor started too.  So while it may be uncomfortable, it seems the pain is serving a purpose to move things along, which makes it easier to handle.

I had my last checkup this morning and everything is looking good.  More importantly, I'm apparently now 1cm dilated.  Given that I haven't yet felt anything that I could tell was a contraction it's rather nice to hear that I'm 10% of the way to the finish line without realizing I had even started running. 

Hopefully that was my last prenatal checkup but if Daniel hasn't popped out by next Friday I'll go back for another checkup and a sonogram to make sure he's still doing well.  We won't induce unless we get to 42 weeks, in which case he will get served with an eviction notice.  I'm very much hoping he'll see his way out much sooner than that though.  Given that this whole pregnancy has gone pretty smoothly it would seem a fitting conclusion for him to arrive on his due date, precisely on time.  But I guess since I was 6 days late and Kevin 4, we have to spot him at least 6 days before we complain too much.

Will this be my last pre-baby post?  We'll find out!