So I had a doctor's appointment yesterday at 39 weeks 4 days. I had been cramping all day. And I mean CRAMPING. I got my cervix checked. 1 cm dilated, very soft and thinned out. Yay! Progress! Now I know dilation and effacement are not an actual indicator of how close you are to labor, but it was still pretty exciting since I was having all that cramping. I thought maybe this was the early stages! About an hour later, the cramping gets worse and moves into my back. I start feeling TONS of pressure in my back and pelvis too. So now I'm even more excited. Another hour passes and I'm having contractions every 15 minutes. Now it REALLY feels like the early stages. Then I go to the bathroom because I feel goopy down there and when I wipe there's a glob of goop streaked with brown blood. Oh yay! I think this is my bloody show! Especially since I never spot after cervical checks. So this keeps going on and I finally persuade my husband to have sex with me to get things rolling. (He was afraid to because I'm dilated but I assured him he would not hit the baby in the head. Lol) We had sex and guess what? My cramping and contractions stopped!!! Why??!!!! That was supposed to send me into labor! I fell asleep for a few hours but awoke with complete frustration at my body and marched into the living room to see if jumping jacks would help. Then I did squats. Then I paced the floors vigorously. Nothing. Today they scheduled my induction for next Thursday. I don't want to be induced. I want to go into labor naturally. I have 6 days and then I have to let the doctor do the work. Also, on a different subject. I got tested for Group B Strep at 36 weeks. That was like a month ago. But no one bothered to tell me I tested positive until today. I know they don't start antibiotics until you go into labor anyways. But I feel like I should've known before now that my hoo hah is sick. Lol. Whatever. I'm so done. Remind me to never get pregnant again.