DDD

DDD=Due Date Day!



Yep, today is our due date. Baby is officially 40 weeks old today. We decided to celebrate today by lounging around, going to see a movie, sneaking in snacks to said movie, eating cheese steaks for lunch (Gary is picking them up right now), and who knows what other crazy fun we might get in to.

Also, the waiting isn't that bad now. Really, I mean it, really! I don't love it, I am anxious to meet our little boy, but if he needs time to cook, so be it! Also, if he can wait until the 23rd, I won't have to go the long way around to get my Short Term Disability. Pragmatic much? I know, but it does help my patience.

Most importantly, mom and baby still appear healthy and we are so freakin crazy excited to smother this baby with kisses.

Oh, and I am really excited about my cheese steak...hurry up Gary!

XOXO

Ummm...

That ticker thing over to the right...it says 4 days! Oh My Goodness Mercy Beans!

That's all...still waiting.

XOXO

Tres Palabras

For those of you who don't know Spanish, and/or didn't have the pleasure of the Senoras at North High (MUSTANGS! Anyone?!)...that means three words. What are those three words you ask?

SNUGGLE
NAPPY
TIME

What in the world is Snuggle Nappy Time?

Well it's this odd, very odd, ritual where a 31 year old man (who hasn't had a Saturday off in months), his 29 year old wife (who is 39 weeks pregnant), and their two beasty dogs (pitty pitterson and carolina the belle dog) climb into bed at 1 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon and snuggle and nap for 2 hours.

Why would we do such a thing?

With baby due anytime, and therefore no more good solid sleeps for the forseeable future, why in God's green Earth would we not???!!!

Sidenote, mom and baby both look good. Medicine and rest brought the BP down, so now we wait for labor to start on its own:)

So Flippin' Excited!

XOXO

Gary's Moment of Wisdom

Gary: "Oh my God! You're mutating into a mom!".
Kim: Blank stare.

Just what an almost 39 week pregnant woman wants to hear.

But somehow, I still really love him.

Update on the Update

Yo yo out there! No baby yet. Got an ultrasound on Thursday, baby looks fantabulous. Still on the smaller side of the normal range, but that's totally consistent, so he's growing perfectly. They guesstimated him to be about 6lbs 5 oz. So a nice, healthy little guy:) Fluid level looks good, placenta looks good, we are good.

Now the BP, eh, still high. So I am taking a medication for that. Oh, and I have to collect my pee for 24 hours. That's right! Who will be peeing in a bucket tray thingy and pouring it into a container for 24 hours tomorrow? Me, that's who! They want to check my real protein levels, not just the pee on the stick at the doc's office.

If there are high levels, induction time. If not, I visit again on Friday to recheck the BP and go from there.

So, yes, we are still waiting. But at least baby and mom are healthy for now:)

XOXO

With the quickness

Quick update:

Monday: Went to the midwife...everything was the same. Same BP, same fingertip dilated, same 70% effaced. Got more blood drawn.

Tuesday: Call from midwife...blood work looks good. Levels on uric acid and liver enzymes, all within normal range.

Wednesday: Call from doctor's office...come in for ultrasound on Thursday to check baby's growth, come in for consult with one of the docs on Friday.

What does all this mean?? I'm not sure. It seems to me that it's all leading up to an induction. I have accepted that. It's not what I wanted, but if it's to be, so be it. I just really want the midwife attended birth. So I will be able to chat with the doc on Friday to see if that's still a possiblity. I bet it will be. I am willing it to be. Of course, if the ultrasound looks iffy, we'll go with what goes.

So I'm just praying to go into labor on my own today or tomorrow. Then we will proceed as normal and this baby was ready to come on his own. So for those few readers out there...send some good contraction energy/prayers my way. Let's get this baby going:)

XOXO

Lil' Update

On Friday, I returned to the midwife (after that oh, so, magical appt on Tuesday) and had some good news: lost 4 lbs (peed out that water weight), no protein in pee, bloodwork looked better than normal for even a non-hypertensive woman, baby still kicking, head down, 70% effaced, fingertip dilated, and feeling good:)

Bad news: blood pressure is still high. What does that mean? Well, basically I have gestational hypertension and they will watch my BP very closely. It also means I got put on a reduced in-office work schedule. They said no more than 4 hours in office and then pretty much sit or lay my butt on the couch. My wonderful and supportive bosses said, go ahead and just work from home (unless a meeting requires my attention). That's great!!!

It also means that all that nesting that I want to do- (you know, clean, organize, clean) I can't do. Nope, just couch and computer time for me. My lovely mother came over on Saturday and did laundry, cleaned floors, emptied trash, etc, etc, etc. Thanks Mommy! Gary is finishing a few things as we speak (e.g. installing a utility sink in the laundry room- a must for the hopefully cloth diapering parents we are going to be).

I did get our new wireless printer hooked up, that will make working from home much nicer. And my hospital bag is packed, so we are almost good to go. Whenever "go" decides to happen!

Well, I go back tomorrow for another BP check, so we shall see. They want baby to come sooner rather than later, but aren't talking induction yet:) I also made Gary watch 3 births today. 1 water birth, 1 squatting, and 1 standing. He is totally freaked that I have to do that. Who wants to take bets as to whether or not he passes out?!

Oh My Stinkin' Goodness...we are having a baby people, a baby, a little human. Pheeeewwwww, had to get that out.

Any-whose-a-whats-it, here are two 37 week pictures for you all to enjoy.

You like my hair, I know you do.


Shiny, round, basketball belly for you all to enjoy.


XOXO