I thought surely by Thanksgiving...

we would have a sweet little Lyla Belle to enjoy the holiday with. No such luck. I went to see my midwife last Wednesday (November 25th) and she said that Lyla hadn't dropped yet, which was unusual and that my due date was actually the 19th of November, based on her measurements at 20 weeks. I had thought is was the 21st all along, because that is what it was based on my cycle. It seems three days makes a HUGE difference at this point. We went for a fetal non-stress test on Thanksgiving morning and did get to see out sweet little girl at least on the monitor. Her heartbeat was strong and consistent and I was having contractions every six minutes throughout out the whole test. My amniotic fluid levels looked really good too. They sent me home and said everything looks great- come back on Sunday and we will do this again. That's all fine and good, except they also scheduled me for an induction on December 3rd, which is not so good. I don't want to be induced in the slightest. I want to have a natural childbirth free of any petocin or epidural or anything of that nature. As long as Lyla is healthy and safe and so am I, then I want no drugs or interventions. I am not close minded though. I do know that I really have no control over what happens and labor may begin naturally, but it may not. I have been trying everything under the sun to get labor going... walking ridiculous distances, stair stepping, rolling and bouncing on an exercise ball, acupressure and eating lots of cumin. I have contractions usually anywhere from 5 to 7 minutes apart most times during the day, but nothing sticks and they end abruptly at night when I lay down. I am hoping, hoping, hoping that things change in the next day or so and I go into labor naturally. I really haven't wanted anything more in a longtime.