37 weeks and ready to go!

12/27/06- 37 weeks! I made it!
We have a new due date confirmed by Miles size via ultrasound. They say he could arrive on 1/17/07. Which makes me 37 weeks today. Why do I care? That means if he was born today he wouldn’t be a premie! His main job right now is to put on weight. He is already 6.7 pounds, so he just needs a little more. I think he’ll be born on Jan 3rd- the full moon. We’ll see. The nurse told us to put our bags in the car and be ready any time now. I am already 1 centimeter dilated, so stuff’s happening. Here are the pix from the ultrasound.

Lotta Doctors.

12/21/06: 35 weeks or 37 days and counting!
I have to go to antenatal 2x a week for testing, the dietition once a week, the OB once a week and the Endocronologist every couple weeks. So, I am pretty busy with Doctor’s appointments! I went to the antenatal diagnostic testing center yesterday. My OB wants to make sure Miles is getting enough to eat because she feels my weight gain has slowed and reveresed a little too soon. The do a quick ultrasound (I didn’t get to keep any pix) and she showed me that Miles has a lot of hair on his head. He is also definately a boy-if there was ever a doubt. He still has plenty of amniotic fluid to float around in and appears to be doing well. He’s hanging out head down, so he’s getting ready to go. His heart rate is good and I didn’t have any contractions while I was there. All is going well.

I have packed my hospital bag, and Miles bag too. Made a birth plan and distributed it to my sis and mom and of course Keith. I made a birthing selection of music to play and packed a couple CD’s but also my iPod speakers. The nursery is ready to go...and we are ready for Christmas too. After Christmas I guess it’ll just be back to normal and a bunch of waiting. I want to get birth announcements addressed and ready to go- but I have lables for that. And I need a picture of Miles to assemble them anyway.

So that’s all the news for now. Merry Christmas!

45 days left to go- give or take.

12/13/06: 34 weeks
Only 45 days left to go! As if anyone really delivers on their due date. But seriously the end and the beginning are so near! It’s been strange to stay home for so long sans baby. I’ve been keeping amazingly busy, alternately napping. Getting ready for Christmas has been a big job. I took on the task of making Christmas cards- scrapbooker style. I made most of them before I pooped out and bought a box to send to the rest of the friends and family.

I am pretty big now- seems silly that I thought I was showing before. Lounge pants are a gift from heaven! I still manage to squeeze into my maternity jeans, but they are pretty uncomfortable. I stay in house clothes as much as possible (poor keith!).

Miles is a very active baby- pushing and rolling around. He doesn’t have much room to move around now so when I feel him it feels like he is trying to escape from the walls of my sides. Every once and a while I feel a kick to the ribs or bladder but for the most part he seems to be lodged in my left side. Keith and I play, “Guess the part” and try to figure out if we are feeling a butt or knee or elbow... I think that is the most fun part of being pregnant.

I’m still on the uterus relaxing drugs, but fast approaching 35 weeks, I’m going to be revieved of that. I need to go into labor sometime, and at this point- I’m not real worried about it. Watch him be late.

Oh- and I have been blessed with Gestational Diabetes too. I imagine a combo of weight gain and family history make me a pretty good candidate. But I think I may have had it all along. It has been a huge help for me to be on the diabetes diet. No more faintness in the morning and – I haven’t checked my weight in a while, but I feel like I’m on track. Miles is gaining by the day- inches and pounds. We should have one more ultrasound at 36 weeks to see how big he is and when we can expect his arrival. I can’t wait to see is shining face! Keith is pretty excited too.

I installed the car seat and the nursery is more than ready, clothes washed, blankets clean and folded, even the plastic taken off the powder and supplies. We are as ready as we know to be. Miles baby bag is packed and his homecoming outfit is ready. The only thing I have yet to do is pack a bag for the hospital for me. I guess I might be putting that off. It seems silly to pack when you don’t know when you are leaving, besides, I’m still wearing the lounge pants I will probably pack!