Ugh

I have just generally felt crappy today. I've had the contractions all day long, although not nearly as consistently this morning. Plus my back has been aching and I've been very crampy. I was actually optimistic that the doctor would find that I am progressing nicely. Well, kinda. I am still dilated to only 1cm. The same place I've been for four weeks now. I am much more effaced than I was though - she said probably about 50%. She said there hadn't been much thinning the last couple times she had checked, so I guess that's something to be happy about.

Anyway, she thinks we ought to give it another week before inducing. So, I am scheduled to be induced next Monday morning unless this little girl makes her arrival before then. I was kind of hoping for this week, but she felt it was best to wait. She's hoping that I'll be far enough at that point that all they would have to do is break my water. And, logically, I know that is the best decision. I would rather not take any labor inducing drugs, but I'm feeling so darned miserable today that I think I would have been willing to head to the hospital right then if she had offered.