Not yet but making progress

My guess for the baby's birthday has been (and still is) May 8th...and I think I might be right. We're making good steady progress...up to 1cm dilated (the doctor actually felt his head) and still about 60% effaced. I'm looking forward to my mom's arrival next week and am taking it easy until she gets here (I don't want to speed anything up until she gets here, I don't want her to miss Isaac's bday) and Libby and I are catching up on all the sleep we have been missing at night.

Last day!

Today is my last day at work! I originally wanted to work until this Friday, for fear that boredom would overwhelm me at home, but am really glad I adjusted it to today. I'm sore and tired and could really use the time off before Isaac moves in. But I know, come tomorrow, I'll just start counting down the days until my Mom comes. I can't wait to see her and am so excited that I get her for nearly 3 weeks, which isn't nearly enough time for me but I'll take it.

Hmm....

Went in for my weekly doctor visit yesterday and Isaac is continuing to do well. The doctor is guesstimating that he'll be in the 75th percentile at birth and thinks he's around 7lbs. right now. I went from no progress to being 60% effaced in a week (and yes, I know I can be effaced and dilated for a long time without it meaning anything, but any progress is promising :) So thankfully there are no talks of needing to induce me--I'm a firm believer in letting him stay in for as long as he wants to (provided, of course, that there are no complications)--and they think he'll decide to come on his own probably a bit before my due date.

My last day of work has been revised from next Friday to next Tuesday (I'm starting to really get uncomfortable now and am having trouble sleeping--but am still feeling good for the most part) and all I'm doing now is waiting for Isaac to decide on his birthday. I'm thinking he'll come May 8th or May 9th but Andro is thinking earlier than that.

Nearly full term

On Wednesday we will officially be full term. Wow. I'm still feeling good for the most part, my rib cage had gotten ridiculously sore from the baby, but I think he must have dropped because I can breathe and am feeling much better.

Last week, at my 36 week appointment, the doctor realized that Isaac had had a MAJOR growth spurt. He went from measuring right on track to measuring 2 weeks ahead. I went in for an ultrasound on Saturday and they confirmed that he looks great (fluid levels are good, his heart and all his organs look good) and that he is just a big baby (their guess is that he is already between 6 1/2 and 7 lbs). To be honest, I'm really not surprised.

My brother and I were both 8lbs. 10oz. and my Dad was an 11 lb. baby. The smallest babies in my family were Tine and Tommy, the twins, who were born early and were still the size of most 'average' full-term babies.

What I did find surprising was that he has made no progress towards wanting to leave...at all. I'm heading to the doctor again this week on Thursday, it'll be interesting to see if he makes any progress this week and how big he grows in a week. I'm trying to adjust my thinking that maybe he'll decide to come early, but also prepare that we could still have a long wait ahead.

35/35

Today I'm 35 weeks pregnant with 35 days left to go! Wow. Had my doctor's appointment yesterday (am now going every week until the end) and everything is great--he's doing really well and is growing right on track. I'm still feeling good and am still walking a mile a day (from the train station to work) and really can't complain (my belly button has gotten incredibly tight but hasn't popped out, I'm able to get sleep most nights, and while he likes to stretch, Isaac is not a kicker).

In very exciting news, my best friend Julie is coming to visit us this weekend (while I still feel good enough for company) and I can't wait! I'm really looking forward to a great weekend with an old friend.