The Waiting Game

As I sit here on August the 11th I am still waiting for any signs of a baby coming. Hardly any contractions to speak of and if I do have them, they aren't ones that would be hard enough to do anything. I keep thinking that if I just don't think about it, maybe it will happen. Well, that's like a little child at christmas time looking at the presents under the tree and he has been told he cannot open them and to not even think about them. It just isn't happening. I have tried almost everything suggested to me. Except for drinking castor oil and prune juice. So, I'm definitely not drinking castor oil, and I am about to resort to the prune juice after I have pictures taken of my belly by my sister. To make matters even worse, I dreamt last night that they were trying to induce me and, well, that wasn't even starting any contractions. How depressing is that. So, I know a ton of people go over their due date, but I still find it depressing. I have decided that doctor's need to be advised not to ever tell their patient's that they think they will be going into labor soon. It just puts false hopes into a woman who has waited 9 months. What they need to do is just take the due date and extend it two weeks and only tell the woman that date. That would solve all the problems. Ha! I guess I should be grateful, I talked to a woman in our ward yesterday that said she went 18 days overdue with her last one. Guess I shouldn't complain till then right? Ah!