Way too much detail about my OB appointment

Had my first weekly OB appointment today. I brought slightly sick K with me. I was worried when he seemed suddenly exhausted just before we left and dozed off in the car on the 10-minute ride over, but he did great -- he was polite to everyone, played with toys while the doctor examined me, and got a sticker at the end. The nurse thought it was very weird that he was going to be in the room during my pelvic exam and offered to play with him in the waiting room. I assured her he wouldn't even notice. He did ask why I had the paper robe covering me, but once I explained that the doctor was going to check on the baby, he turned his attention back to the toys. It helped that for once, there was no waiting and we were in and out in under an hour -- in fact, it would have been more like half an hour if K hadn't protested, "We didn't get to play!" and insisted on hanging out in the waiting room and reading books after my appointment. (Usually I have to wait at least half an hour, so I had told him we'd play and do puzzles in the waiting room.)

OB said I was one centimeter dilated and my cervix was starting to soften. She also said the baby was still high up and that given the baby's position and the fact that K had to be dragged out when I was two weeks overdue (because he wouldn't descend), I may end up being overdue again. She asked if I wanted to be induced if I went past my due date, but I told her I'd rather not risk it and would schedule a C section instead when it got closer to my due date.

So, it looks like I'm in for a few more weeks of this. I wasn't really surprised -- the baby's still moving around a lot, and I feel like he'll slow down when he's getting closer to coming out. JW was happy to hear that I'm not going into labor anytime soon because he's been worrying about having to handle K's birthday party by himself while I was in the hospital. I'm glad that K will have one last birthday all to himself. (He'll be four in a week!) We still have plenty to do around the house. As of right now, I'm okay with carrying around this tiny load and its enormous support system a little while longer.