Today's Dr's appointment involved the Group B Strep test and a check of cervical dilation. Apparently about 25% of normal, healthy women have strep colonizing their nether regions and experience no symptoms from it. However, it can present issues if the baby gets an infection during delivery... so if you test positive during pregnancy, usually you get antibiotics.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from getting my cervix checked, but it wasn't one of my favorite experiences. Dr Liz got all up in there and poked around, which was fairly crampy and painful. She says the baby is definitely head down and I'm about 2cm dilated, which is about as much as a penny. That doesn't mean much, other than things are moving in the correct direction. I could stay that amount dilated for the next three or four weeks.
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