How I am feeling
I am still feeling good, but I am really ready for Lilly to get
here. It’s so hard to wait! When I left work on Friday, I was joking with
my teammates and I told them I hope I don’t see them on Monday! It’s nothing personal of course, I am just
hoping to be in labor J I
have decided that Lilly should be born on Monday, June 4, because then her
birthday would be 6-4, which is the team I teach on at HGMS. How perfect is that??? I still love the idea of her birthing being
6-6-12 as well, so I am ok with her being on time as well.
Some people have decided to start guessing when she will be
born. Sadly, I think only one person so
far has said she will come early. Come
on ladies! Don’t wish a baby coming late
for another woman! I am willing to wait
for her, but it would be great if people were sending early delivery vibes my
way instead of late delivery.
Maybe this will be my last
blog before Lilly is born! Or maybe not…we’ll
see!
Here is what I look like at 39 weeks:
Here is a side by side of me at 29 weeks and 39 weeks:
Baby movement/progress:
I had the most amazing dream last night. It might sound strange, but I dreamed about holding
Lilly for the first time after delivery and her lying on my chest. She then did the allusive “breast crawl” and
started nursing. I know this might seem
a little strange, but it was the most amazing dream and I was so happy when I
woke up that I didn’t even want to go back to sleep even though it was a little
earlier than I wanted to get up. I just
wanted to remember that dream and to not get it muddled by other dreams if I
went back to sleep. Dreams when you are
pregnant are so vivid that it really seemed real. Hopefully I won’t have to wait too much
longer to make this dream a reality!
At my last doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, things have not
changed much. I am still between 1-2 cm
dilated and she is at -2 station. She
didn’t tell me how effaced I am, but she did say that my cervix is thinning, so
that is good. Numbers mean so little
anyway. Lilly will come when she is
ready. Babies come on their own schedule
and don’t follow a set formula. I have
been working out still and walking a lot to try to speed things up naturally,
but who knows if any of those things actually work. I’ve heard it all: spicy food, bumpy car
rides, eating eggplant parmesan, raspberry tea.
I haven’t tried any of these things, but it is kind of amazing how many
people swear that some of these things work.
Shout Outs
Thank you to everyone for all the support and advice throughout my pregnancy. This has been an amazing journey and I am so lucky to have so many amazing people in my life to make the journey a little less scary and a lot easier.
Nursery:
Everything is organized, clothing is washed and ready, and we have
(as far as we can tell) everything we need.
It really feels like a nursery now because it’s full of stuff! I thought I’d post one more set of pictures
now that we’re so close.
Labor and Birth:
Darren and I sat down the
other night and went over the information we received from our birthing
class. It was nice to review the
information together, talk about anything we were nervous about and just make
sure we are both on the same page about everything. I told him I am nervous about him taking
things personally if I get upset or short with him during labor, but it was
nice to hear him assure me that he will understand and he won’t get mad.
I really feel good about the choices we have made regarding labor
and birth, and I am hoping things go (at least somewhat) according to how we
would like. I am also mentally preparing
myself for the unexpected (which sounds like a contradiction) so that if things
do not go according to plan, I am also prepared for that. I am a firm believer that knowledge is power,
so I am just trying to get every piece of knowledge possible ahead of
time.
Great job!
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