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Our due date was this past Sunday - 4 days ago - but so far no munchkin. Contractions have been coming sporadically getting stronger, but without any consistency. In spite of all our best efforts (spicy food, pineapples, spicy food that contains pineapples) there has been little progress.

And the fans are getting restless. The two of us are trying to keep our calm, but we can't help feeling anxious for some action. Frequent check-ins from friends and family are extremely sweet, but also remind us that the little man is not here yet.

Today at our scheduled appointment the midwife "swept the membrane" to help get things kickstarted. As we get ready to sleep tonight Nikki's having lots more contractions with greater frequency.

I think the question of whether they are cheaper and better for the environment depends on whether you use a diaper service or wash them yourself. At least in Colorado washing yourself the cost is about $1,000 for washing yourself vs. $2,500 for a diaper service and $2,000 for disposables. Once you factor in that the $1,000 is a one time investment in re-usable stuff, when you have a second kid the cost-per-kid of washing yourself drops to ~$650 (detergent and replacing any covers that fall apart). Washing yourself is a little more work, but it also means one less thing to buy at the grocery store and fewer trips to the trash dumpster.

From an environmental perspective...it somewhat depends on how you weigh the factors.

The Disposables angle

So, my cankles (calf+ankle) are getting kind of big. We decided to measure them to see what the change is from before birth to after.

So, here we are at 39 weeks of pregnancy and...

• Narrowest part of the cankle is 8 and 5/8 inches.
• Thickets part of cankle is 14 and 1/4 inches.

In a few weeks we'll have to measure again and see how it goes!