Thursday, January 14, 2010

36 weeks

So I was 36 weeks on Wednesday. It's getting so close but it still doesn't seem real! I mean, it seems real to my body. Which is huge, stretched, pimply, dimply and downright uncomfortable. But the fact that we could have a baby in this house by the end of the month...that's kinda not real yet. I have all the stuff ready..but I don't know if my brain is ready. One thing I do know, is that my husband is ready. Even if the reason he's ready is because he's taking a week off from work when baby comes. Jason has been SO busy at work these days that I see him for about 2 hours a day. This cold snap has had pipes busting all over Nashville, and it seems Jason has to fix ALL of them. He says that taking care of a newborn for his week off will really seem like a vacation. That's how busy he is. We both just keep saying "let's just thank God that you have a job!" Which is so true these days.
So I start going to the dr weekly now. She starts doing those fun "checks"..you know what I mean. Well, we had a concern that this little bundle was still breech..cause he was for awhile there. So when I went on Monday, she gloved up and did her check and announced "you are 2 cm dilated, 50% effaced and he is head down!" Wow! I knew she had really gone for the gusto when she stuck her hand up there, but that fact that she can tell where is head is already! WHew. Weird! I told Jason this after the appointment and he was amazed. Jason: "so if I stick MY hand up there, I could feel his HEAD???!!" Me: "umm..no." Let's stick to shoving your hand in people pipes at their houses, not my "pipes". Even in my I've never had a baby before opinion, I think we're off to a good start for 36 weeks! Only 8 more cm to go! Whoo-hoo?! I'll keep ya posted.

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  1. Oh my goodness, I am seriously laughing out loud about Jason right now.
    My 36 weeker was a tad too early but my 37 weeker did just fine so I hope for your sake that you get lucky and have that baby next week!!

    Dr. Hilton does not like to mess around with unexpected babies he would have already set a date for next week for this little guy's B-day. Does your Dr. do scheduled inductions or does she just make you wait for nature to take over??

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  2. Well, she did induce Jenny a week early w/Lyla. But she usually lets you go a week over unless somethings wrong. Ugh.

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  3. Well, I just looked and we have a full moon at the end of the month so maybe you will go into labor on your own then. There really is truth to the full moon/baby thing. It has to do with a change in the barometric pressure is what Dr. Hilton says. I am crossing my fingers that he comes sooner than later!!

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  4. I'm excited!!! You'll be great!

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  5. Too bad Larry and Jason don't get paid by the hour! We'd be rich!!
    Don't worry about the delivery. Us Wade girls are made to birth babies!! Well, I guess all women are made to birth babies. I guess I should say it just comes easy for us!

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