Full Term!
As of last Thursday this baby has become a “full term” baby!! This means that from this point on if the baby comes it would not be considered a premie!
Friday was my 37 week OB appointment and I got to meet the last doctor in the practice - she was very nice as all the others have been which really puts me at ease knowing that no matter what I will be getting a. a doctor I have met, b. a nice doctor who I will be comfortable with and c. a doctor that is in line with my doctor (they all are very similar as to how they do things from what I can tell). Though I am definitely partial to my doctor who is always very sweet and nice and a pleasure to talk to but at the same time gets right down to business - no nonsense and always makes time for ALL of my questions. It is funny now though how I really don’t have any questions. This time they did an internal to check on my progress - According to the doctor my cervix is soft and 50% effaced, not dilated and the baby is in a -1 position (no wonder the pelvic pains keep getting worse) so it sounds like this baby is ready to go at anytime. I am not in a rush for that to happen though! No change in the weight and my blood pressure, protein and glucose still look good. So still at 14lbs for the pregnancy - seems so wierd that I will weigh less when the baby is born than I did pre-pregnacy!
After the appointment I went to get the truck’s oil changed and ended up needing other fluids done as well - I used the time to finish most of the thank yous - only have 5 more that need to go out which I plan on doing today! I also stopped into a baby store in Wellesley on my way home to check out the different things they had - just so I knew where I would want to go once the baby is born to by some boy or girl clothes and items.
That night Bryan and I worked on getting everything out of our bedroom since we purchased a new bed and mattress on Thursday (got a nice Nature’s Rest Latex foam mattress and a poster bed with canopy). We had been holding off and had been in a full size bed and though we could wait till we got into a house but the thought of having to bring the baby into a full size bed with us for feedings just seemed too cramped so we went to the queen which will be plenty big now and the height is perfect for the bassinette to sit right beside my side of the bed. I also worked on 3 loads of baby laundry to wash everything we will use including the bouncy, swing, infant car seat, bassinet and mosses basket covers - it is amazing how many things we had to wash! I even washed a few of the stuffed animals that we are able to give a child under 1 (some of the stuffed animals we got will have to go on a high shelf till the baby is 3 since some of them say not recommended for children under 3 and some shed). We also put together the bassinette, bouncy, swing and changing table.
Saturday morning we took apart our bed and cleaned out from under the bed. We found that one of our cats has a favorite spot under the bed as it was covered with hair, it took me a while to get it all vacuumed up! While Bryan and his brother left to get the bed and mattress I continued to work on the baby’s laundry as well as some of mine and get it all folded. It is amazing how small the baby clothes are and how you really can’t fold them much! By the time the guys got the bed and mattress back and up into the apartment it was dinner time and since we really wanted the bed setup that night we put part of the bed together, ordered pizza to be delivered, finished the bed and canopy and put sheets on all in time for the pizza to be delivered. We decided to eat the pizza on the new bed since the living room was full of boxes and the kitchen had a ton of boxes in it as well.
Sunday we slept in, or should I say stayed in bed late since I had been awake on and off since 3am as I had a very vivid dream that my water had broken, every time I faded to sleep I would wake up again thinking my water really did break! We stopped for sandwiches at Perks for lunch then headed to my dad’s since it was my brother Evan’s birthday - we ended up getting him a Barnes & Noble gift card since we were not sure what to get him and being a teen we knew he could get CDs, DVDs or books with it. It was nice catching up with my step-mom and her mom and we caught up a bit. I always enjoy going over there since Sue (step-mom) and I get along so well - she really feels like more of a really close friend I can talk to about everything with!
After leaving there we hit the Salvation Army and we happen to catch a truck loading up with all kinds of items and were able to leave our old couch with them. We hit HomeGoods to get new sheets and a comforter for the bed and ended up going to Target to get a new bath mat and some snap tees for the baby. We then went to Bryan’s mom’s to pick up the base for the infant car seat as well as the stroller that the car seat hooks into. We went out with his mom for dinner, stopped by CVS on the way home to pick up the baby things we needed there per the pediatrician and when we got home we were both ready to head to bed and relax a bit before going to sleep.
This week will be a busy one at work as I am trying to wrap up things with our company’s Kid’s Day event, get things started on our Summer BBQ, help the guy taking over my project get up to speed all while trying to get some testing done on my project.
At night I have a run to do at Babies R Us, finish the baby laundry as well as mine, get the bureaus in our room re-arranged, get the changing table and bassinette in there and organize the baby clothes into the changing table. At the same time we are still looking at houses and we are confident we will find one soon as the market is really looking good!
