Update from Jo at 36 weeks

"Just letting you know that today’s checkup went very well. The doctor was keen to see if I was fully dilated yet so she could send me to the labor ward. However nothing had changed since last week – still 3 cm dilated, so no baby today. This means I get to go to work instead. Lucky me!! Andrew and I took both bags (one for work and one for labor) just in case, which was a good “practice run” for making sure the labor bag was ready, if nothing else.

So anyway, I made it to 36 weeks and that was the goal! Since we had the steroids at 28 weeks, the baby is now considered officially full term and ready to go. We’re going to ramp down the medications slowly over the next couple of days, so we’ll see what happens after that" !!