Last Appointment... hopefully

We had what will hopefully be our last office appointment yesterday. Since we were just under 41 weeks (40 weeks 6 days) we did an Non-Stress Test, where I was hooked up to a monitor for 20 minutes. They were looking for the heartbeat of our baby to drop after every contraction, but she wasn't playing along. She was just chillin' out. Even when our doctor and nurse pushed on her she would move once and then settle back down. It was cool to watch my contractions on the "ticker-tape." I was really empressed to see how many there were in such a short time (about 6 in 20 minutes). We also had a sonogram done to check fluid levels and everything looked good. It was nice to get conformation that this baby isn't too big as well. Our doctor kept saying that the baby didn't have a big head, which Dusty thought ment that the baby has a small head. I kept telling him that "not big" did not mean small. I'm still under the impression that anything is big. We also got to check the heart movement and her breathing, which was wierd to see. Unfortunately when she checked me we found out that I am still just under 1 cm dilated. This is unfortunate news because if we go in to be induced all the meducation in the world might not work. Our doctor really wanted to give me and this baby as much time as possible to get ready to come out, but I really don't want to wait until next Friday to be induced. Our plan for the moment is to go in on Sunday night to be induced (if nothing happens by then). Of course all night last night I was having strong regular contractions, but this morning they have slowed down. I am glad that these contractions have finally started to hurt (hopefully that means something is happening). We'll keep everyone posted with what is happening, but hopefully we'll have this baby by Monday (keep your fingers crossed).