Ugh...

I've been ready for the baby to show up since Mom got in on Wednesday. We've been running last minute errands, walking a ton (including with Libby at the dog park), gardening, going to the movies, etc. to get everything ready before the baby comes. Every day I hope it will be the day that Isaac finally decides to appear, and every day it isn't. Today I woke up determined to get the baby out, but I don't think my efforts will work. I've been cleaning everything (moping the floors, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning the bathrooms, up and down the stairs about a million times to do the laundry) but I think he is more determined to stay in there now. I know all about the supposed nesting that happens right before you have the baby, but I don't think it counts as nesting if it's done out of sheer desperation...guess we'll find out.

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.

A month of lasts...

Today is March 31 and my last day of work will be April 30. We have always said that we would want to have me stay home when we started our family, and while it is happening sooner than anticipated, we feel very, very blessed that I will be able to stay home full-time to raise our baby (and our furry girl too). Now, getting ready to start my last month, and training a new person in how to do my job, it's really hitting me that I'm going to be at home. I'm really excited about Isaac and all of the changes heading our way, but it is hard to wrap my head around not working too--I'm the girl who ALWAYS had a job, even in college when I was in marching band (2 hours of practice a day plus entire Saturday's gone) and taking 19 credit hours I had a job. It's hard to imagine going from the structure of a full-time job (I live for rules and boundaries, odd but true) to the flexible hours of being always on demand for a small child; but I'm excited. It really is a whole new chapter in my life and hopefully I'll be ready in 42 days or so...

Also--on a totally random note--I think it's funny to realize how many people (besides myself) have May birthdays. It seems like everyday someone tells me "well, if you go into labor early (or late) you'll have him on my birthday." I guess late July/early August is the most romantic time of the year ;)