how do you respond to friends or family who are curious to know whether you've delivered your baby yet, and so far there are no concrete signs of impending labor? two of my friends who had due dates that were two weeks apart from mine have already given birth to their babies at least a week and a half ago. One of them has emailed me twice in the past week, wondering if the baby has arrived yet. I haven't written her back, b/c I'm tired of reporting the same old message, "I haven't been to L&D yet, and I don't know if I'm dilated/effaced at all b/c I don't feel the need for an internal exam unless I'm in active labor." I think I'm going to ask for an internal exam at the 39-wk appointment this week, because I'm curious whether my body has made any progress towards labor.