Update - No More Work!!

Had another doctor's appointment today. My blood pressure was a little up, so he took it again before I left. He said it was a little elevated but he isn't that concerned. However, he was concerned about the baby's positioning. He thought she felt like she was in there sideways, so we did an ultrasound while we were there. All is good. She's just kind of crooked and lopsided. The bulk of her big self is on my right side. Her head is down, but she hasn't descended much. I was dilated 1 cm and he could feel her head. (Which is really creepy!) I guess the positive to that is if she hasn't descended much she isn't working on the Cone Head thing right now.

I have another appointment next Friday. If I go past our due date he said he will give me one week. If nothing by then, he'll induce. Don't ask me why, but I think we'll have a baby by then and won't need to go that route.

I came off work today too. Yay!!! It's been so hard to sit all day and work. Since my job is all computer/phones, I just couldn't do it anymore. Now maybe I can relax a little bit before she arrives.

Roxie is concerned that the baby will come on Thursday and interfere with her doggie spa day. She is scheduled for a haircut and bath with Michelle next Thursday and would appreciate it if Erin didn't start messing things up for her already.

Whole Lotta Baby

Posting this for those of you who haven't seen me lately. We have a whole lotta baby on board these days. My stomach is hard a rock and moves like crazy. As I sit here typing this, Erin Grace is practicing her gymnastics. Either that or her trapeze act using the cord to swing from.

Amy hadn't seen me in about 3 weeks and was shocked this weekend at how much I've grown since then. I guess we haven't noticed it because we live it. I know I for sure have the prego waddle. I am constantly waddling to the bathroom!

We're down to the single digits on the countdown. We had Mexican food tonight with Tommy's cousins. I'm hoping to jar something loose soon. I've tried a couple of the old wives tales but our little girl has a mind of her own.

It's very exciting to get up every morning wondering if today is the day. I guess the day better get here soon or I'll be busting out at the seams!

In Your Dreams...

I've read where pregos have strange dreams in the third trimester. I can tell you that is so true. On the baby site I've been on there are shrinks on there helping you figure out what those dreams mean. I'm pretty sure there is no deciphering my dreams. They are beyond odd. No dreams about the birth, what she might look like or someone taking her away from me. No, I dream weird.

So far, I was an international spy with a job at the CIA. I have quit my job several times and in various ways in my dreams, and last night I was a reporter and I interviewed Warren Buffett. Seriously, who dreams these things?

I think the craziest part is that I really don't sleep much and it's never for more than an hour and a half. If I do sleep it's a cat nap a little after midnight, then wide awake until at least 4:00 or 5:00. Then I might snooze until 6:00. Get up to go to the bathroom and go back to sleep until 7:30 or 8:00 sometimes. That's pretty much it.

So, in that short amount of time, I've managed to accomplish quite a resume'. It's turned out to be kind of fun. Tonight I plan on concentrating on Matthew McConaughey right before I doze off :)

Baby Watch

For those of you on Baby Watch, we're still at Defcon 1.

Had an appointment this morning. My blood pressure was back to perfect and everything else looks good too. Minimal swelling in my feet and hands, but the swelling on my face concerns him a little. Nothing major, just wants to watch it. We're just rocking and rolling (literally!).

He did an exam and said the cervix is just beginning to soften a tiny bit. Said I wasn't dilated and that we would probably not have a baby this weekend. He said you just never know, but things don't look right at this stage for Erin's Grand Arrival. I go back next Friday. The test that they did last time for the strep bacteria came back negative. That's one more complication we get to avoid. Overall it was a very good report. Yay!

I'm a little disappointed that we're not closer to the actual delivery, but it appears I make a really comfy home. I know she's in there for as long as she suppose to be and she'll come when she's ready - and not when I'm ready! Too bad she'll be an only child. It appears I was built for gestation!

So, in the meantime, at ease soldiers. Eat, drink and be merry over the 4th, but please be safe.

Week 38

Tomorrow will be 38 weeks. Everyone keeps telling me that this pregnancy has just flown by for them. I can't say I share the same thoughts. I looked back at the blog the other day and it seems like so long ago we found out we were pregnant. Tommy's FB post today was about it finally being July, her birth month. I think our impatient personalities are coming out...

We have another doctor's appointment tomorrow morning. Hopefully, I have something great to report/post. I keep thinking I must be getting closer. I've had a couple of practice contractions and there is a lot of pressure now. Fingers crossed that gravity takes over soon and she just tumbles out.

This week the baby keeps growing. She's packing on the pounds and continues to grow. The book says all systems are a go for birth. These last weeks she supposed to continue to shed that funky baby fur they have in the womb. For that reason alone, I'm not so sad that she hasn't made her appearance yet. I'm a realist. No new born is pretty, you add the werewolf factor and I'm okay with her cooking a while longer. No offense to her Daddy, but I really, really can't stress enough how I hope she's un-hairly like her Momma!!!

This prego journey has been an experience. We've had some scares and had a lot of laughs (mainly at my expense), but all in all it's been very good. I can honestly say that I knew the birth itself would be painful, but I never expected the pain before birth to be so hard. I literally feel like my pelvis is breaking in two. Just when I think the pain can't get much worse, I wake up to a new day. It's brought tears to my eyes a couple of times today. I just keep telling myself that it's not for much longer. I just have to tough it out and remind myself how very fortunate we are to have had such a healthy pregnancy. Even with my "advanced maternal age" we have been so blessed.

So, enough complaining. Bring on the epidural and the werewolf kid already.