It was an interesting weekend.

Melissa had an appointment for another non-stress test on Friday and I actually got to go this time. Melissa hadn't had very much to eat and so she ate a bag of grapes right before she got there. Apparently, Lily is a fan of grapes because she was doing all kinds of gymnastics. I think she was doing some form of fetal Tae Bo. Master Blanks would've been proud. Unfortunately, that much activity makes the NST pretty difficult. The heart monitor had to be adjusted quite a bit to keep it where it could read her heartbeat consistently. The thing about that is that Lily has a problem with people jamming stuff into her personal space. So, the nurse kept shoving the monitor into Melissa's stomach and Lily kept getting more and more ticked off. This went on for about an hour and a half. No luck. It appears as if Lily is somewhat obstinate. (I have no idea where she gets that from - must be her mom.) Fortunately, it wasn't too big of a big deal. The nurse said that she would have to consider that part of the test inconclusive, but that she could see that everything was fine. Dr. Terry also looked at the results and said the same thing. The other things that they are looking for with the NST looked very good, according to the nurse and Dr. T, so the test was considered a success.

In other news, Dr. Terry offered to induce labor a bit early for Melissa. September 6 is the new due date. Unless we get to the hospital on the 6th and it doesn't look at all like Melissa is ready for labor, that will be the day that Melissa will begin (and hopefully end) labor. For those of you scoring at home, that is only 3 weeks and 2 days. That seems pretty soon from where I'm sitting. In fact, the decrease in the span of time that remains before Lily's arrival seems to correlate quite closely to the increasing anxiety that I feel. Of course, my excitement is increasing exponentially at the same time, superseding my anxiety. So I've got that going for me... which is nice.