Still waiting....

This has been the longest pregnancy of my life. I feel like I stopped working years ago. Why does this little boy refuse to come out? One of my most favorite male cousins (most of the time)seems to not blame him for staying in as long as he can. He seems to think life is miserable for the male species in this house. Whatever! It would be one thing for this little boy to be hanging out as long as he has if my on again off again contractions did not exist. For weeks now, my contractions have been as close as 5 minutes apart some nights, but not last longer than an hour or so. All of yesterday and until around 1 in the morning, they were exactly 10 minutes apart and more intense than all the contractions before. It is really wearing me out but I do get plenty of practice with all of my relaxation and breathing techniques. The birthing room has been ready for weeks now and I have had to replenish my fresh flowers in that room 3 times already. I certainly do not want to be looking at wilting flowers while giving birth. I go back to the doc today so she can fish around in there and see if I have dilated any further. Mr. B is off tonight, so it would be nice to not have to hope and pray that he is not in the middle of a call when I actually do go into labor. We will see how today goes.