Holy $h!t

I've just been strolling along through pregnancy like it's just no big deal.  Like I'm a 6 year old eating ice cream and skipping down the sidewalk.  It's been easy, like, really easy.  No morning sickness, no severe pains, no braxton hicks contractions, no bed rest. NOTHING!  I played competitive basketball until I was about 22 weeks.  I've been coaching basketball, lacrosse and field hockey.  I've been working. My life literally hasn't changed at all for pregnancy. Every time somebody asks how it's going all I can say is "pretty good, same ol' same ol.'" If I said anything else it'd be a lie.  The best way I can describe my pregnancy is that I was just hanging out, living life, and growing a baby.

Well now.... I guess there is something to report:

I had a doctor's appointment today.  I'm currently 39 weeks, 5 days away from my due date.  The doctor went along with her usual routine.  As she puts [very cold] lubrication on her glove, I know what's next.  The vaginal exam.  It's a rather uncomfortable process.  All of a sudden her mouth drops, her eyes widen and she says "This is exciting!"  I immediately thought she was going to say that I needed to go to the hospital and deliver this baby. Wrong. (Insert sigh of relief here).  She said the baby's head has dropped and I'm 1+ centimeters dilated, almost 2.  I haven't felt a damn thing, when the hell did this happen?  So then she stripped my membranes, which can speed up the process, and was also the most uncomfortable and longest 5 seconds of my life.

So I'm progressing, but don't get too excited... It doesn't mean I'm going in to labor.  I could stay this way for a couple of days, maybe a week.  All I know is this news made me 10 times more excited and 100 times more scared.  This whole time I've had this thought that I'm just never going to have this baby.  Welp, go figure, I was wrong.  The process has begun. Bring it on motherhood!