Past My Due Date and I'll Cry If I Want To!!!

Went to my Dr this morning and found out that I am no more dilated or effaced since last Friday when I saw her last... I have gained 2 more pounds though!!!  I am officially PAST my due date and she said she was surprised I hadn't gone into labor since there were two girls she also saw last Friday who were dilated and effaced as much as I was that have both had their babies!!  Not this girl though!!  

What kills me is that I have done EVERYTHING possible to induce labor since last Friday from Pedicures to walking up and down stairs, even cleaning my carpets, eating THE pizza from Trio, even nipple stimulation and everything else under the sun (other than the castrol oil... not so sure, even if I was beyond desperate, that I would attempt that... kudos to the crazy women who do!!!) to induce labor and they have all proved futile!!  And not only did they not induce labor but they didn't even dilate or efface me any more that I was 6 days ago!!  Fantastic!!  So to all you ladies who are prego, good luck with the home remedies to get you going since I was not so lucky!!! 

I must have just made life inside my belly too comfortable or something and he doesn't want to come out!  He still thinks he has the room to move around (not just kick but full on MOVE) and even surprised my doctor this morning with how active he still is - that's my boy, always stretching his limits (and his mom's!!!).  Sometimes I wonder if I even want him to come out at all since I have a sneaking suspicion he is already going to be a handful!!!  

I will be induced on June 2nd though if he hasn't made his appearance before then but I did just learn that my doctor will be out of town this weekend (of course!!) so hopefully he doesn't decide anytime from Saturday to Monday afternoon is a good time to come, otherwise she will miss the whole thing!!  We even tried talking her into Inducing me today but with my progress so far I was only putting up a "7" on some Bishop Scale thing and in order to have a voluntary induction I have to at least score a "10"... James asked if it were possible to earn extra credit points but unfortunately there is no getting around it!!!

Talk about the LONGEST month of my life!!!  Wish me luck!!

New Additions at the McDermott's!!!

It has been 3 months since our last post and so here is our attempt to catch you up on what we've been doing.

Starting with our soon-to come addition:  Deacon James McDermott!! 

Deacon would not hold still for long during his 3D ultrasound... It was fun to be able to feel/see him move around my belly while watching him on the TV screen!! So that's what he is doing in there when my tummy goes bump!!!  He was holding on to the umbilical cord and wouldn't stop moving to get some really good pics but this one will hold us over until he makes his grand entrance May 26th (or sooner would be totally cool with me) and we couldn't be more excited!  We are already totally in love with the little guy... we just haven't met him yet!!  I guess we cheated by doing the 3D ultrasound (and totally wigging out our parents who "can't believe this kind of technology is possible because back when we were having babies.....")  but we just couldn't resist another look at this little wiggler!! We think he has my nose and lips... hopefully we will be able to see more of his daddy in him when he is officially here!!   It has been fun to watch the little guy grow and thought you might like to see how he has changed his moms tummy since week 16! ...I can't wait to look like that again!!!


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We have almost finished the nursery (pictures to come soon) but the office project has FINALLY been completed so we thought we would show you how it turned out! It looks fabulous and I am so proud of James and all of his hard work!  I remember him telling me he was freaking out when he took out the door jamb thinking he didn't know what he was doing- the next thing we know, the room was completely gutted and there was no turning back!!! He did a great job learning how to use all the tools he has been collecting over the past few years but it might be a long while before we jump into another big project like that!!

To catch the full effect of the whole start to finish ordeal that started as "just adding French Doors to open up the space and make it seem more like an office"...watch the slide show!!!

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We will be better about posting in the future... just a crazy few months at the McDermott's!!!