Yikes, I'm officially working towards my 38th week, which means time is almost up! I think we are all ready to go. We have all the gear put together and we even installed the car seat last weekend. I am certainly getting to that point of being ready. I am starting to get more and more uncomfortable which makes sleeping and sitting at my desk all day very difficult. I guess I can't complain too much though since I haven't been feeling this way long. The baby seems to be growing and growing...or maybe that's just me!
At my 36 week appt my doctor estimated her to be at 6.5lbs already, so I think I'm on my way to a nice, healthy 8lb baby! We'll see when she gets here. Unfortunately, we have no say when that is. That is one of the most annoying parts of pregnancy (to me at least, the planner). I hate not knowing when the big day will be here. More so, I don't like not knowing where I'll be if/when my water breaks or my contractions start. Working in a male dominated industry, pregnancy is awkward enough as it is without the fear of your water breaking in the middle of a meeting leaving amniotic fluid all over their conference room floor. I'm officially working from home starting Feb 7th, so as long as she doesn't come next week, I should be fine.
According to my doctor, our girl is in no rush. She is officially head down and ready, but I'm only 1 cm dilated, which just happened this week. At my 2 previous appts I was not even close to being dilated, so this may take a while. I haven't had any contractions yet, which isn't a bad thing in my mind. Having lots of contractions that produces no baby doesn't sound fun. Maybe I'll be one of those women who's water just breaks one day out of the blue and then her contractions start. I can dream!
I'll post a picture this weekend. The belly is pretty large at this point!!
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You totally were that woman whose water breaks out of nowhere 2 weeks early!! I'm so happy for you that you are at home holding sweet Paisley and not working anymore!!!! :)
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