18 Days Left

It seems that my uterus and cervix are determined to go the distance. At the OB appointment today I showed no progress from two weeks ago, aside from getting larger. I now measure 44 weeks and have gained 55lbs total. I weigh about 10lbs less than Bob, and to put that into perspective, I'm 5'5" and he is 6'1" when not slouching. My cervix is holding at 1 cm dilated.
I had the NST afterwards, and both girls did well. Though Charlotte took her time cooperating, since I kept having to search around for her heartbeat whenever she would move for the first 50 minutes. She finally stayed near enough to the monitor to register 4 heart rate accelerations on the machine after an hour. I only registered one very minor contraction the entire time. Below are a couple photos from the NST.

Hooked up to all 3 electrodes:


The monitor itself:


We have completed all the tasks that we can think of to have the house ready to bring home Charlotte & Ruby. Below are the final preparations we did before Labor Day.

Hospital bag packed:


Bob shortening the black out panel curtains for the nursery:


Bob installing the car seat bases in the Sonata:


And now we wait for September 23 to get here or labor to start. We see the high risk doctor next Tuesday for a final growth scan, so I will post the results from that and hopefully a couple ultrasound photos if the girls are feeling photogenic that day.