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6 More Days

Today was my last check-up with my OB.  I was hoping for a little more progression and that she would tell me I’m going into labor today, but that didn’t happen (of course!).  I have dilated more over the last week and am now at 3 cm, but still only 50% effaced.  Really, I could still go at any time.

As I said last week, at the very latest this baby will be here on the 18th.  My doc set up the induction today.  I am set to arrive at the hospital at 6:45 Tuesday morning and my doc will set things in motion.  I will be looking at my baby girl in six days.  I’m very excited, yet it still seems so unreal to me that it is so close.  I really can’t believe how quickly this pregnancy has passed by.

I was telling Hubby last night as we were catching up on some TV shows that I am just so bored right now.  I’ve been keeping up on everything so well (because I’m afraid of going into labor at any minute) that I just don’t have anything to do.  Even my TV shows and internet aren’t that exciting right now.  I can see TV being boring, but the internet?  It never lets me down.  It is always there for me when I need something to do, but right now I’m just not even interested.

My pre-baby task list has dwindled down to practically nothing.  I need to do a quick glance through the bills again and make sure everything is paid up for the next couple of weeks.  I have yet to finish my state and local taxes.  Other than those two tasks I really don’t have anything else that has to be done.  There are only a couple of items left on my to-do list at work and if the mail would stop coming in daily I wouldn’t have much to do there either.  I’m sure I can manage to fill the next couple of days, but I’m really just pretty done there too.

Since I know now that I’ll be having this baby at least by Tuesday, Friday will be my last day at work.  I’m planning to take Monday off so that I can have one last special day with Zach.  I’m not sure what exactly we will do.  It will depend a lot on the weather.  But, I want to take him out and do something fun with just him before he loses his only-child status.  As much as I’m looking forward to BabyG being here and watching her and Zach grow up together, I’m still going to really miss all of the time that I get to spend with Zach now.

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37 Weeks

37 Weeks-Waiting

Since my doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, I’ve felt this urgent need to finish up all of those last minute things that I had been putting off. I thought I was pretty set by Thursday night, that everything was ready for BabyG’s arrival. Then Friday came and about a million more things popped into my mind that I needed to finish. With the exception of a few very necessary breaks, I spent all of Friday evening and most of Saturday organizing, arranging, and sorting.

Late Friday night, just as I was getting ready to go to bed, I suddenly felt a very strong contraction-like feeling. It was hard enough that I felt nauseated. I stood up and suddenly my belly was a few inches lower. I had thought earlier in the day that she had dropped a bit, but this was very obvious. She’s was much lower.

So with the nesting and the dropping, now I’m just waiting. I think I’m as ready as I’ll ever be. The longer she waits, the more obsessive I get about making sure everything is just right. My bag is packed, with a last minute check-list stuck on the side. Zach’s bag for Grandma’s house is ready to go. The camera bag is filled with extra batteries. All that’s left is to actually go into labor and have this baby.

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She'll Be Here By Easter

Well, today was the big sonogram to check BabyG out one last time.  I’ve been really anxious because I knew that after today we would have a pretty good idea of when our baby girl would be making an appearance.

BabyG measured in at approximately 7 pounds, 1 ounce this morning at just under 37 weeks.  Apparently I have not been imagining all the pain in my pelvic area either as I’m already dilated to 2 and about 50% effaced.  This baby is ready to come out.  My doc says that her head isn’t quite planted yet, but I’m guessing that will happen sooner rather than later.

The consensus with the doctor is that I will most likely be induced on the 18th if I don’t go into labor on my own before that.  If I’m still pregnant by next Wednesday, I’ll have one final checkup with her and then set up the induction for the following Tuesday.

In 13 days or less I will be holding my little girl in my arms!  I have so much to do!!!

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A Little Sunshine Goes A Long Way

**For some reason comment notifications are not coming through to my e-mail all of a sudden. Since that is where I normally reply, I just wanted to let you all know I’m not ignoring you! I just didn’t know I was getting comments. Hopefully I’ll get that fixed soon.**

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This weekend we finally had a little reprieve from the cold temperatures and dreary days. The sun was shining and it was beautiful out. My only complaint was the wind that just would not seem to die down. Knowing it was supposed to be warm, I told Hubby Friday night that I wanted to get outside Saturday and at least take Zach to the park to enjoy the sunshine a bit. I was also dying to get my new camera out and play with it a bit since I hadn’t had the chance to do any outdoor shots yet.

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I thought it would be fun to have a picnic at the park, then give Zach some time to play and head home just in time for a nap. Since we didn’t really have any easy picnic-type food at home, we decided to stop at Sonic and just pick something up on the way. While we were waiting for our food, I was noticing just how windy it really was. We went ahead with our picnic idea though, and headed to the park. That proved to be an unfortunate decision as a big gust of wind ended up blowing Zach’s corn dog and fries all over the ground. It was quite a tragic experience, but as soon as we got him calmed down he insisted that we pick his food up off the ground so he could eat it anyway. Daddy’s replacement fries simply would not do. He wanted his! At least they had landed mostly on the concrete slab under the picnic table instead of in the mud and grass a few short feet away.

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Once we were done eating, it was time for the fun stuff. Zach ran to the playground as I pulled my camera out to get a few shots. The wind was a little chilly, but the warm sun shining down helped a lot. Zach had a blast climbing and sliding while Hubby and I discussed the fact that this may be the last chance we have to do something like this with just one child.

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Soon, other people started showing up to enjoy the sunshine. There was the quiet couple with the 2-year-old boy who seemed to prefer walking around in the grass to the slide. Then there was the couple with three kids and another on the way. The wife and I started chatting immediately as tends to happen when you get two pregnant women together. It turns out that she is due just a few days before me and we ended up talking for quite a while. It wasn’t long before the husbands started talking as well. Hubby and I were really enjoying their company and were very disappointed to find out that they were visiting from Minnesota. It is so rare that we meet other couples that we click so easily with. We were really hoping they lived nearby. We chatted a bit longer, switched cameras to shoot some family photos for each other, then said our good-byes and headed our separate ways.

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When we got home from our little outing, Zach and I were both rather exhausted. He curled up on the couch for a nap while I flipped through the pictures I had taken at the park. I managed to get some great shots, but apparently had the camera settings all wrong because all of the pictures are rather fuzzy when you look at them larger. As long as I keep them small they look ok, but I’m afraid they won’t print well at all. I was pretty disappointed by that, but I guess there’s nothing I can do about it now but learn to do it better next time.

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After looking through the photos, I realized that this may very well be the last photo of our little family as it exists now. Soon we will be a foursome, and while that is a wonderful, exciting thing, it also makes me just a little sad to say good-bye to this phase of our family’s life.

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36 Weeks

36 Weeks

I’m to the point in this pregnancy where I really don’t want to post pictures of myself any more.  The double chin, the enormous belly, and the widening hips just aren’t very flattering.  I am so ready to be done and to finally have my body back to myself again.  I know it will take a lot of work to get it back to normal after BabyG is here, but being able to walk without holding my back in the “pregnant lady stance” will be nice.

All was fine at my checkup this week.  My belly is measuring 36 1/2 cm.  BabyG’s heart beat is good and all that.  I’m definitely feeling some pressure from her as she works her way down though.  I’m pretty convinced that we aren’t going to make it to 40 weeks, but I could be wrong.  Next week we have a sonogram to check BabyG’s size.  Since Zach was a big baby, my doctor is a little bit worried about how big this one might be.  I’m hoping she’ll decide to induce me a little early if I don’t go early on my own.  We shall see.

The most unpleasant thing this week is that my ankles have started swelling.  In a way it is good because it forces me to sit down and relax with my feet up.  But, it also keeps me from doing all the things that I want to be getting done.  I still can’t believe how much there is to get done before BabyG arrives, but I’m getting much closer.  If she decided to come tomorrow I would still feel unprepared, but enough is ready that I wouldn’t be totally out of sorts either.  All of the necessities are purchased.  The crib is ready.  The car seat just needs the cover put back on it.  Yep, we’re ready enough.

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Waiting for the Next Ball to Drop

It’s nearly 10:00 on a Wednesday night and I’m sitting here contemplating whether I should blog or just go to bed.  Obviously the blogging is winning out, although the burning in my eyes suggests I should be in bed instead.  The last few days have been quite tiring and I’m not really sure when or if I’m ever going to feel truly rested again.

The weekend started out in a cleaning frenzy.  With my in-laws arriving Tuesday and my lack of ability to do any physical activity for more than about 10 minutes at a time, I knew I had my work cut out for me.  Fortunately Hubby was very helpful and my mom even ended up coming over and pitching in a bit.

Saturday afternoon, a good friend of mine had a baby shower for me over at my mom’s house.  Hubby and Zach ended up coming along since there were going to be some other kids there.  Shortly after we arrived at my mom’s house (and just before people started showing up) I realized Zach was running a fever.  His nose had been running the night before but I didn’t think anything of it until the fever started up.  Luckily my mom had some Tylenol at her house and that helped knock the fever down a bit.

The shower was nice.  I ended up getting several things that I needed and wanted, as well as some other really cute things that I didn’t expect at all.  Plus, I got to eat some yummy food and cake!  All in all, it was a good time.

After the shower I was exhausted, but there was still cleaning to do.  My mom came over to the house to help me out for a while.  Zach fell asleep on the way home and was pretty much out for the rest of the night.  His fever kept creeping higher in between doses of Tylenol and Motrin.   The poor kid was just miserable.

Sunday morning we woke up to what they said was going to be our worst snow so far this year.  My mom, who absolutely hates driving in snow, called saying she was on her way over.  I had asked her to come over to keep Zach while Hubby and I went to church because we had a couples baby shower being thrown for us and another couple from our church that afternoon.  Even though the snowfall wasn’t really that bad, the roads were terrible.  Had it not been for the baby shower, we wouldn’t have ventured out at all and I certainly wouldn’t have asked my mom to drive in it.

By the time church and the baby shower were over, the snow had pretty much melted away.  The roads were clear and it was nice and sunny outside.  We got home to find Zach snuggled up with Grandma and his fever up to 103 degrees.  Another dose of Motrin knocked it down for a while, but I went ahead and called my boss to let him know I wouldn’t be at work Monday.

Monday was spent snuggling with Zach, doing some last minute cleaning, and taking Zach to the doctor.  They tested him for strep, checked his ears for infection, asked a million questions, and finally decided that he just has a virus that has to run its course.  By that time his fever had broken and he was acting a million times better so I was feeling a little foolish for taking him to the doctor.  I was ready to send him back to school on Tuesday, but his fever decided to spike back up that evening.  I was supposed to be picking my in-laws up at noon on Tuesday, so I made another call to my boss and we agreed that I should just stay home with Zach until after the in-laws got here.

Tuesday morning I woke up around 5:00 with terrible cramping in my stomach.  My first thought was that I was having contractions, but I quickly realized that was not the case.  Not sure whether I was going to throw up or not, I forced myself out of bed and into the bathroom.  I spent a very unpleasant hour in the bathroom before informing Hubby that there needed to be a change of plans for the day.  There was no way I was driving to the airport to get his parents so he was going to have to leave work early to go get them.

Instead of getting back in bed, me and my germs went and crashed on the futon for a couple of hours.  At some point Hubby left for work.  Then I awoke to Zach crying when he realized no one was in bed with him anymore (he ended up sleeping in our bed and woke up to find mommy and daddy both gone).  Once I got him calmed down a bit, we made a big bed out of the futon, watched movies, and spent the day laying around until Hubby got back to the house with his parents.

I felt like a pretty terrible hostess, but tried to perk up a bit once they were here.  We visited for a while, then had dinner.  While I was trying to force down a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Zach climbed up on my lap and snuggled up.  I could tell he wasn’t feeling well and a few seconds later I was covered in puke.  It was a great ending to a lovely day.

Zach was still running a fever this morning so he stayed with Granny and Papa while I attempted to go to work.  I was feeling much better, but very worn down.  I must not have looked very good because my boss told me to go home early if I needed to.  I ended up staying until around 3:00 and left at that point because I wasn’t really doing much good being there.  I had no energy left and my head was killing me from looking at the computer screen.

Shortly after I got home, I got a text message from my friend (the other recipient of the joint baby shower) saying that she had her baby.  She wasn’t due until March 7th, so it was quite a surprise.  Mom, Dad, and baby are all doing fine.  I’m dying to go visit but until we make sure we’re rid of the germs around here I’ll have to stay away.

The rest of my evening was actually rather relaxing and now that I’ve wrapped this up, I’m ready to get to bed and get some sleep.  Everyone else has turned in for the night but I can still hear Zach coughing in the back of the house.  I just wish there was something I could do to make him feel better.

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