A “Full Term” Update

It has been a couple of weeks since I have posted so I thought we were overdue.

Can’t really say that there is all that much to report. Most days I come up with something witty to write but don’t have enough energy to convince my fingers to write it. Perhaps it is because I have been finishing up the last few weeks of work. I am only working 20 hours from home but I have had several things that I felt HAD TO be done for me to have peace of mind. My goal was to have it done by week 37 (full-term for those of you that don’t know pregnancy terms). And that is complete so I am feeling good!

Anyway, we reached 37 weeks last Friday (Our actual due date is Aug 29 – 17 days from today – but who is counting?). The status on me is that my blood pressure has been really good the last few weeks at doctors visits. So it looks like the bed rest is really helping. The nonstress tests (fetal moniter tests) they do of the baby twice a week now are going well too. We even had an ultrasound at 35 weeks and everything was looking good there. So mom and baby are doing very well considering the blood pressure issues. We are extremely grateful.

Now on to the impatience. I have said all along, “I just want to make it to 37 weeks”. We’re there, I’m ready. I wish it was that easy! It’s so funny/ironic. Every time I have seen a friend get ready to have a baby I hear them say – “those last few weeks are an eternity”, “I just want it OUT”, “I know it is a blessing but it needs to come already”. I (secretly) always thought – hm, I’ll be more patient than that, it can’t be that bad, I would just be glad to be pregnant. Okay, I confess my sin. Sorry to all that have gone before me. I just want this baby OUT!

Yes, I want a healthy baby. Yes, I know it will come when it is ready. No, I am not succumbing to an induction – unless doctor ordered. BUT here is what I also know. I am ready to have my body back! I can’t sleep. I will gladly get up with a baby every 2 hours, do I really need the practice with all of this going the bathroom in the middle of the night? (We are at 6-8 times a night now). I dream of just bending over. Or being able to get off the couch without assistance.

Okay, enough of the rant. We are happy, we are healthy, we are ready. We will let you know when the new member is here!