2 days till Due Date
It’s amazing to think that I have been pregnant for over 9 months now and any day we will get to meet this little pike of ours. The other thing that amazes both Bryan and I…. when you look at a newborn you think tiny and oh so fragile, yet this child kicks and punches and pushes around causing me more pain than I have ever felt inflected. Sometimes a warm bath helps calm the baby down but many times it does nothing. Many of these Bryan has felt just by putting his hand on my belly - though sometimes that causes the baby to maneuver to kick his hand off of it’s territory. I know from talking to friends that this is no where near the end of the pain and no where near the height of the pain - labor will bring on so much more!
This is where I worry about how much longer the baby continues to grow in me - the longer it “bakes” the bigger it gets (don’t you wish that were the case with muffins). This also means the harder it will be to push the baby out. I really would rather not have a c-section so this is such a hard point to come to - if we wait it is better for things to progress naturally but waiting means the baby gets bigger which means the odds of me being able to deliver the baby get smaller.
Tomorrow afternoon is my 40week OB appointment and hopefully I have dilated more and at that point I think they are going to setup a game plan. I may even request for her to “Strip the Membranes” go to this link if you want to read about what that means www.childbirth.org/articles/strip.html. My cousin had this done the day before her due date and the baby arrived 2 days later. Since I am dilated this may be a good option for us - though we will see what my doctor has to say tomorrow. Though we had agreed that Bryan no longer needed to come to the appointments since he has owed time so he can leave early one day I figured this may be the appointment he should come to just incase!
Bryan has been so great through this whole process and has been to all but 3or4 appointments during the whole pregnancy - much of that has to do with the fact that I try to have them schedule me as late as possible so most Bryan has not had to leave work early in order to join me! A couple he has taken the day off to go to (like the ultrasounds and my first appointment which also happened to include an ultrasound). The only complaint he has is the lack of magazines men would want to look through! I will have to remember to bring a magazine or 2 for him tomorrow!
Other than waiting for the baby to arrive we have continued to work on the apartment to make sure we really are all set - we even went grocery shopping last night to pick up as much stuff for the freezer and the pantry that we could really fit to make sure we have meals for at least the first few days we are home, we are not too worried after the first few days since I’m sure Bryan will want an excuse to get out of the house!
We are very interested in seeing how the cats will react to the baby - the clothes are all in the changing table so they have been able to smell them (or should I say lack of smell since Dreft really has no smell) but sometime soon I have to bring the bassinette up to the bed and see if they are curious and climb into it, it has been out for weeks now so I’m not sure they really care about it, but I’d rather find out now. I know keeping the cats out of our room is not an option since they would whine all night not being able to sleep at the foot of our bed so we shall see what happens. I think Trixie will be afraid of the baby since she is afraid of small children and Timber will be curious but since she is so jumpy she most likely will keep away as well. I only worry about the cats getting jealous when Bryan is holding the baby since they each seem to get jealous when he holds the other one. I’m not worried about the cats attacking or trying to sleep with the baby in the bassinette though since they really love being up on a high spot and the bassinette is just a little bit lower than our bed - plus the foot of our bed has a better view for them to look into the living room!
I’m at work right now and plan on coming to work as long as I feel up to it. I’m hoping to work until the baby comes so that way I have a full 12weeks to spend with the baby. What’s even more exciting is that Bryan gets 4 weeks from his company at 75% pay and he can use sick and vacation time to make up for the other 25% - we both agree that he will use the first 3 weeks once the baby comes and then we would save the last week possibly for the week Hailey and Rachel come to stay with us for the week. I am really excited to have the 2 of them come since by then the baby will be 3to4 weeks old and I will want to get out and about by then - plus the weather is usually nice that weekend so we will be able to go to the park and into Boston for the day and maybe even take a little day trip somewhere. The girls are always great together and I think it will be fun for all of us to do things, I even have passes for the aquarium so we could go there as well one of the days. Since we don’t know what the baby will be like yet we are not setting down any plans in stone other than the fact that we are taking the girls that week and most likely Bryan will take that week off as well since he really enjoys doing things with the girls too and would be able to help with the baby!
Well I’m off to get more work done, I love that I am still working so I don’t have my mind on “when is this baby going to come?” and so I make sure things are taken care of so I don’t have to worry about anything while I am gone!
