Monday, January 12, 2004       ( 3:14 PM ) Lostcheerio   OKAY! I just got back from the beautiful friendly helpful darling midwife. She said I am 4-5 cm and when she tries she can stretch me out "as far as I want to." She said the cervix is lovely and soft and thin and she had me bear down once and said the baby is RIGHT THERE. She stripped the membranes further (or again) and this time it didn't even hurt that much. SO. She said I would start having contractions after the membrane-stripping (which I did, and am, and golly, they hurt) and that when they are less than 10 minutes apart and hurt as bad as "hard period cramps" then I should call them, and go in. SO. She said if I am still pregnant in 12 hours she will be shocked. DARE I HAVE AN IOTA OF HOPE HERE? DARE I HOPE I WILL BE SNIFFING MY LITTLE BABY'S SOFT LITTLE SQUISHED HEAD BEFORE TOMORROW? EH? DARE I? #

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