38 Week Update...almost there!

 

38 weeks and clearly very big, puffy and uncomfortable!  Don't let the smile fool you!

Just a quick update on Baby Girl David.  I will be 38 weeks tomorrow and it looks like we might be having the baby this week!  At my 37 week check I was already 3 cm and 70% effaced.  But I've been having twice-weekly checks and fetal monitoring for the past 2 weeks and the baby seemed perfectly content in there with plenty of room and fluids so Dr. Kroll said I could sit at 3 cm for a while. 

But, today when I went in I was already at 4 cm and the doc could feel the baby's head very low and my bag of waters bulging.  She thinks the baby is ready to come out.  So she did a very aggressive, and might I add, painful membrane strip to see if she could get things moving.  She said typically when this happens the baby will arrive within the next 24 hours.  However, she added the disclaimer that it could also be a few days.  Then when she left she said, "See you in a few hours!"  I am so confused.  Ugg....I really can't stand the uncertainty of it all.  Sitting here waiting for our baby to arrive is killing me.  So I decided to write a blog while Christian cleans.  I guess we have very different ideas on how to stay calm.

Christian is convinced she is coming today so we are prepping to leave for the hospital any minute.  But there isn't much left to do.  We've pretty much been packed and ready for days. The house is clean, the bills are paid, the fridge is stocked.  Hair and make up are done.  I even sent out my Father's Day cards this morning just in case.  Sooooo, what's a girl to do while she waits to go into labor.  Considering the condition of my haggard feet, I might just go get a pedicure.  Am I nuts?  I would like to look good at the hospital but this might be a bit risky.  I just hope my water doesn't break in the nice comfy spa chair!  Oh, the horror!

Ok, I guess that's it.  I probably won't blog again until we have an announcement to make.  So it's time to sign off as a mother of 2 for the last time.  I am so excited I can hardly stand it.  I just can't wait to meet my little girl and see her face for the first time.  What a wonderful week its going to be for our family.  I am feeling very blessed right now.  Bye for now...off to the salon...