Our Attempts to Meet Baby Erlin

Well it's the end of the day on 1/23/11 and that means that Baby Erlin is 2 days past its due date. I know, I know. Due dates are merely estimates and only 4-5% of births actually happen on a due date, but I was at least hoping that something more would be happening by now. I mean, 40 weeks is a long time to be cooped up in there. I would think the baby would want some actual air at some point. But I've done my best to make it a nice, comfortable environment. Maybe I made it too comfy...

I have been having some real contractions but they are inconsistent at this point and irregular, so my body is just getting primed for the real deal I guess.

Anyway, here are some videos of us this weekend as we tried to coax the start of labor with all sorts of homeopathic methods (Castor Oil not ingested, though - merely rubbed into the belly, which is not easy to do since it has the consistency of molasses! Who knew?).

P.S. I make mention in the second video that we ate someplace embarrassing but I say that we'll say where later. I forgot to video us eating Cinnabon for dessert later that evening (Nate's first ever Cinnabon). We had dinner at the food court in the mall and got Cinnabon to go for later. We were trying to walk around as much as possible, and it had gotten cold, so we walked around the mall. We are still ashamed of our food choices that evening. :)