"It's a new day...

and there are better days coming!"

Gosh, I love that old funk song...I need to get it in my IPod.

I'm feeling even better today, as I sit here watching Baby Mama and eating Grape Nuts with strawberries and almond milk. I'm still hoping Baby K decides to come out on her own or that I progress more before going in, so it will all be easier.

Family and friends have said they are sending good vibes and I swear, I can feel them. :-)

So yesterday I lost a huge hunk of plug...the biggest yet. Ugh. What's great is that THAT happened both times I dilated! Maybe I've dilated to a 3! If so, then that'll make the induction better on the baby and me, because I'm that much more ready.

I had major back pain and some contractions yesterday too, just before I lost the plug. I'm trying not to get my hopes up for spontaneous labor, but I am hopeful that progress is being made. *fingers crossed*

I woke up thinking: I really hope the baby will fit in the clothes we packed for homecoming. I wonder if I should add a bigger sleeper, just in case. I hope she will fit in what we packed. I love that little outfit and her daddy picked out the onesie and hat. :-)

Today I'm going to continue my project. I really love the work I did yesterday. It looks much more like what I had envisioned. I need to get more fabric though for the fetus. I don't like the blue I have now and as a matter of fact, I may even go over the color I have going on around it...it has darker colors in it and seems to throw off the whole concept..

I wish I could make these for people...they are so fun to make. I'd have to have the mamas trace their own bellies though so they are each unique.

So anyway, today feels like it is going to be great and I'm going to try to make it the best day possible, because like Janis Joplin said, "it better be your life...because as we discovered on the terrain, tomorrow never happens, man. It's all the same fucking day, man."

Cheers to today and making the best of it.

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I've said all of this and while it is all very true pertaining to my pregnancy, I feel it is necessary to talk about what's going on besides that. My mom had her gall bladder removed and it wad full of stones and perforated. This was found out AFTER the surgery. However, the doctor she had was going to send her home without surgery, telling her that she might not have another episode for years.

At this point, she was still in a heck of a lot of pain, so thankfully my stepdad spoke up for her and demanded that they remove it. My mom is not a wimp. She's a strong Irish woman and it takes a lot for her to show pain.

So anyway, the surgery finally happened and the surgeon told her that it should have been done yesterday, that she shouldn't have had to endure that pain. He said head she been sent home, it would have ruptured.

Thankfully she had an advocate. Had she just listened to her doctor, she could have been in a much worse situation.

The surgeon also did a scope on her because she has had pain in her stomach for years. He discovered polyps and said aggression needs a colonoscopy....he also found a spot on her liver and had a biopsy done on it. She hasn't gotten the results of that yet.

I'm worried about her, but there is no sense in worrying yet, because both can be benign and just require removal. Of course both can be cancerous as well. I'm going to think on the bright side.

This situation goes back to what I have said over and over. Do not just follow what your doctor says. They do not know everything! Get a second opinion, do your homework and speak up!!

REED works!