My REAL due date!

  Story time: yesterday when we were talking to my midwife, we discovered the snafu with my due date. It turns out that no doctor ever said January 12th was my due date. In their notes, they originally gave me the due date of January 3rd. One of the times I was in the hospital, it says in their notes that I told them January 12th was my due date. It's funny because I now remember saying that, and it was on the first hospital stay when I had a high fever, low blood pressure, and major dehydration from hyperemesis. I remember being way out of it, but I now remember saying it. So my OFFICIAL due date on EVERYONE's records is January 3rd. Which means little bear is due in just 4 days.
  Yesterday I went in for my weekly check in type appointment, and it turns out I am dilated between a 1 and 2. Last week at my other visit, I was not dilated at all. My contractions get heavier everyday and a little more consistent but not by much. Little bear's head is all the way down where it needs to be, and he's ready to go according to my midwife. Now we are just waiting for my body to catch up. I'm wondering if little bear will be a 2015 or 2016 baby? We'll see :) I would like it if he was born in the next couple days since we have some family still in town from Christmas.
  Yesterday my husband and I went grocery shopping in an effort to get some more contractions going. We walked all around the store. I think it probably helped, but I was too exhausted to notice any difference. Today we are going out to get a couple things purchased before our school semesters start again. I opted to take much simpler classes this semester so that I can keep up with school and the newborn little bear. So I'll be buying some stuff for my classes today.
  Not much else in the way of news, but I am finally up to 173 pounds. Just two pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. It's a huge relief, and now I'm not so worried if I lose a little bit again before little bear is born. We are so close!