News from the doctor's visit today: if Peanut doesn't come on her own, we will be inducing next week. At that point Lauren will be over 41 weeks and all the baby will do is continue to grow so they want her out next week. Lauren is now 2 cm dilated but still 70% effaced. The doctor did an ultrasound and the baby looks good. We saw a hand and foot, and the baby is breathing which is a great sign. No gender confirmation, unfortunately. The doctor is very happy with how the baby looks, she says Peanut is doing great. Lauren also had to do a stress test where they hook a monitor up to her belly for 20 minutes to monitor heartbeat and movement, etc. and the doctor is very pleased with what she saw there, too. So the big dilemma was when to schedule induction. Once hit with the reality, Lauren got a little skittish. The doctor would still like to see Lauren go into labor on her own, as would Lauren and Aaron, even though if she were in extreme discomfort Lauren could induce as early as tomorrow morning. While Lauren would like to see Peanut come tomorrow, she would rather it happen on its own. The doctor feels the same way, so after a lot of thought Lauren and Aaron have scheduled Peanut to be induced next Wednesday, October 4, if she has not already arrived. We will go back for another stress test on Monday to make sure Peanut is still doing well if she hasn't already arrived. So now we are just hoping that since Peanut has a deadline she will decide to come along on her own rather than be forced out! As always, we will keep you updated as to any progress on that front.