Tara- Are you a writer? Writing a novel sounds really great! I have had aspirations of writing either a children's novel or chapter book or actually writing children's books. My only obstacle I face with writing a children's book is that I am horrible at drawing and I don't know anyone who could illustrate a book for me. But I'd truly love that. I have spent so much time making up stories for my son that he loves. And when I worked with 3-year-olds, I'd make up stories for them that they loved. I just wish I was better at drawing.
Amelie- I hope that it turns out that you do not have GSD this time, and then you won't have to worry about being induced. My birth experience with my son was less than ideal. It started out okay. My water broke first. I knew I had Group B strep and that I had to be on a penicillin drip a certain amount of time before delivering. So, I didn't know how much time I had, and I decided to go to the hospital as soon as my water broke. I wish I hadn't. Because I had to be strapped to all of their equipment and I was stuck in the bed. I think my labor may have progressed more if I had been able to move around. But I wasn't. My labor wasn't progressing fast at all. So, they put me on pitocin. It still wasn't progressing. A midwife sent in by my OB discovered there was still water left that was preventing progress. She removed the rest of my water and things got started. I wish she had come in sooner because I think I may not have needed pitcoin. At that point, my labor was painful but not unbearable. Well, I was having good, regular contractions, but I wasn't dilating pat 5 or 6 cm. At some point, when they really upped the pitocin, labor became so awful it felt like my whole body was exploding with each contraction. I couldn't take it. That was like every 2 minutes. And after going through that for an hour, I still had not dilated. So, I decided to have an epidural (that I was hoping to avoid). That took the pain away, but when it came time to push, I couldn't feel a thing and it took me an hour to push my son out because I seriously couldn't feel enough to know if I was even pushing. I don't want to go through that again. I am hoping to be rid of my Group B strep this time so that is not even a concern. I'm taking supplements to try to get rid of it. And if that goes away, I plan to wait before going to the hospital and labor for the first part in the comfort of my own home. And I hope and plan to have a natural delivery.
Perplexed- What a funny dream! So realistic, but definitely has its weird dream perks. I hope your little girl cuts her tooth soon. Poor thing! I also hope you aren't too tired and can get some extra rest if you need it.
StripeyCat- Glad you got to hear baby's HB! How great of your midwife.
Beanonorder- That is a HILARIOUS dream!! Oh my goodness! I was literally cracking up when I read that.
Northern- Good luck today! I'll be on pins and needles waiting to see what you're having!
This is probably going to be a long post (sorry), but I had kind of a scare last night. I started to get this horrible shooting headache (like in a line if that makes any sense) right above my right eye, but more like in the middle of my head. I was freaking out. It didn't feel normal. It was past midnight and my husband was already sound asleep. But I still woke him up because I've never had a headache like that before. He was groggy and asked me if I took anything for it. And I said no because it was a different kind of headache than anything I'd had. So he was still only half alert and he started rubbing my head. It did go away when I laid on my husband's arm and something about the heat of his arm helped my head. I'm thinking I should call and ask the OB nurse on call if a headache like that is something to be concerned about and if it could be pregnancy related.
I'm so glad it's gone now! But that was very scary and something I have never experienced before.
My mom is here now, which is wonderful. So glad to have someone around in case I do need to go see a doctor. But hopefully it is all just okay.
I just don't have energy to spend too much time with any of them. Pregnant or not!
!! I've known for about a week now due to genetic testing we had done and we couldn't be more excited! My DH has two DD from a previous marriage so he is extremely excited for a boy!! 
