39 Week Update

We are down to single digits and we have progress! At my appointment on Wednesday I was finally showing some signs of an approaching labor. Baby has moved down to almost a full hands width below my rib cage and seems to be facing the right direction. I am 1-2 cm dilated and 50% effaced which is a dramatic change from last week! Doctor's gut feeling was that little Ringo would make his/her debut early next week if not right on the actual due date. For those of you that have chosen dates this weekend in the baby pool, don't lose hope yet as it still could happen at any time or I could be stuck at 2cm for the next week. Maybe if the Notre Dame game gets really intense and exciting, it will happen right on the field like several of my coworkers are predicting. Either way, we are very excited and hope to be able to announce a new member of the family by this time next week! We will continue to update the blog and facebook as much as we can so stay tuned.