no baby yet, BUT

any minute now. just found out i'm 4 cm dilated. for those who don't know what that means. it means we're close. you dilate to 10 cm to have the baby. everyone is different. some people start contractions and their water breaks at 1 cm. so i'm just a bit farther, but have no contractions yet. so once contractions start or my water breaks - we'll head to the hospital. pretty exciting.

so can't be shy now - at the doc's office she wasn't going to check if i was dilated, but i kind of was curious. so i asked. so she checked and she got all excited. it was cute. she peaked around my legs and belly with a big smile and thumbs up. said i was 4 cm dilated already and could go any minute. she was also excited because she is on call tonight. so that would be nice if we did go tonight. i like her a lot. and then she got her intern - she had never seen or felt someone that dilated so they got excited. they asked first - i was like - what the hell - go for it. they kept apologizing because it is uncomfortable, but i figured - this is going to be nothing compared to what's to come. so good practice. usually i get really embarrassed and hate that stuff - but i was just so excited and at this point i'm like - whoohoo - as long as they are happy and things are good - then do whatever you want. ha ha. it was like some scene out of a movie. i haven't seen knocked up yet, but this would be a good scene in one of those movies. :)

we'll keep you guys posted. we have a phone tree and email list ready. so be patient with mike - he'll try to let everyone know asap. :)