Ready or not...

She might be coming! I had another doctor's appointment yesterday. Funny story. Last time he had joked (actually two weeks ago when he first checked me) and asked if I was going to be at a six the next time I came in. Last week I was about the same as the first time but this week, another story. He's worried about me not making it to the hospital in time. The last couple times he's had a hard time getting where he needs to, to check me. This time she was right there and he was shocked with how far dilated I was and how soft I was. As he put it, "you're a good 5 1/2 and I can easily stretch you to a 6". He doesn't think it'll take much to put me into labor. He asked if I wanted to get started, have him strip my membranes, or break my water, or, because he knows I want to go on my own, just wait. So now we have a bunch of stuff to decide. Part of the problem is that he's leaving in the middle of next week and will be gone all weekend. Since my body is pretty much ready to have her just fall out, if I wait there's a chance he won't be there to deliver. The good things about starting would be that I know she'd be born at the hospital and I'm positive for the Group B Strep so I could get antibiotics before delivering. But we've been hoping with all three that I'd go on my own (the boys wouldn't come - Crue was 2 weeks late, Cooper 10 days late) and this one might actually happen. So we'll see.
Part of his worry I think is how fast I went last time (to read about that go here). I was at a 4 or 5 when I went in to get started. I went from a 7 to water bursting and Cooper crowning in less than a minute. My entire labor was about 1 hour 20 minutes. So if I go faster this time, well, you do the math. :)
We'll probably try a few things this weekend since I have been having contractions and am quite ready to go. If she still doesn't we're considering having him start me Tuesday so he can be there for the delivery. If anyone has any tricks let me know! I know of one thing that'll get my contractions going. When we were talking to one of the assistants before we left she said to try that and then walk around after to keep them going. So we'll have to see if that works. We were going to borrow a four-wheeler this weekend but we might skip that now so that we aren't trying to race back to the truck to get to the hospital. Of course there is a field kind of across the street from us so we could always ride there and then ride the four-wheeler to the hospital. So we'll see. If anyone has any ideas please feel free to leave a comment, email, or call me. I'll probably be calling my neighbor this afternoon (just warning you Jessica!) because she said she knows a few tricks. So maybe my next post will be when she arrives. I decided that I really need to get my house cleaned and go grocery shopping first so my day might be filled with that today in case she comes this weekend. Wish us luck!