38 (almost) Week Dr. Appointment

Baby Mia has definitely dropped. She's sitting low in my pelvis, low enough that the midwife was able to feel the top of her head during a check this morning. Iin hindsight, I wish I'd asked her if she could feel any hair, because I think this baby is going to come out with a full head of hair. I'm 1+ cm dialated (only 9 cm to go! :p), and pretty thinned out. So she could show up tomorrow, or a month from now, but at least she's moving in the right direction!

She's all stretched out in there, too. Her head may be in my pelvis, but her foot is way up on the right, just under my kidney. It's one of her favorite spots to kick. And she gets mmmaaaaddddd when you poke at it. The midwife found that out this morning, also.

I feel excited, and emotional, and I don't know what else. I had felt that she had dropped over the last week. Not because I look so different, but because the weight that has been sitting on my chest for the last couple months has eased, and I'm sleeping better because I'm breathing better. At the same time, I was sure that I would go in today and, if she did a cervical check at all, she would say that there was no progress and that would be that. It's exciting and comforting to know that things are moving along the way they should, Mia is head down and starting to engage, and there's a chance she might arrive on time after all.

So we'll keep waiting, but it's nice to see that light at the end of the tunnel.