Two days left - Time to pack my bags!

My due date is in two days, but I have a feeling I will have her a little later then that. My original due date was November 3rd. My 7 week ultrasound due date was November 1st and my 20 week ultrasound was October 29th. The midwife told me that the very best due date is the one given at the earliest ultrasound. Which actually would work out okay because then all of the Halloween celebrations would be over with. My mom seems to think I will have this baby on Halloween day, which this year would be the year to do it, since it's on Sunday. All of the trunk-or-treats and carnivals are on Friday and Saturday.

Tomorrow morning I will be getting checked again. The midwives said that since I am already 100% effaced, that if I am dilated to a 1 then they will strip my membranes. My problem is, is that I am not quite sure that I want them too. Either way it will happen soon enough and at least then I won't have put myself into more pain in the mean time, right? My only problem is that I really don't want a November baby. But the only reason why is because I don't like November's birth stone. I really don't want a yellow stone in my Mother's Ring (if I ever get one!). But I am gradually getting over that, because really at this point, I would rather have her after all the Halloween partying is over then worry about the color of a stone. Either way, I just can't wait until it's over, the labor and delivery part, I mean. So ANYTIME is okay, it would just make things less complicated if she came on Sunday or later.

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited to meet her. I hope so badly that I can be strong and make it through this. It would be really nice if I could do it all natural, mainly for the baby's sake, but I am not promising anyone anything. Never having been through this before, I have no idea how I will bare it. But we shall see soon enough, right? The next time I post will probably be after she is born. Wish me luck and please pray for me to have strength and for our safety.