On Wednesday I will be 37 weeks pregnant and considered "full-term". At my appointment Friday, Dr. Gray did the group B swab test and I asked if he would check for progress. In my past pregnancies I never felt even a Braxton Hix contraction. I had NO progress whatsoever until actual labor had begun. But since I have had B.H., and other signs, I wanted to see if that had actually done anything. To my surprise, he said I was about 75% effaced!!! I couldn't believe it! Just to know that I won't have to do everything in one shot is wonderful! Maybe I will get to experience a labor that doesn't last over 24 hours!! As of now I am very crampy and am getting back pain off and on. It was pretty bad the other night and had me on alert. Dr. Gray said that this week would be fine for delivery...we'll see what happens! Wednesday is also a full moon. I have heard that labor and delivery gets crazy crowded during a full moon so there must be something to that gravitational pull!;0)
Something that makes me a bit more stressed about the whole labor-at-any-minute situation is that Tyler and Zachary start school Monday the 10th,(one week from today!!). Zachary will be starting his first day ever as he is going into Kindergarten. The school has it set up for a parent to spend the whole first day with their child, learn about what will happen during the year and just help transition the child into the school setting. I love that they are doing that...such a parental "hands on" school! But, my concern is missing that experience! I really want to be there. So I am hoping the baby comes enough before then so that I can see them off or waits until after. So many "ideal" times but we just don't know! Makes it hard and I am just needing to trust that God will work it out.
As of now I am crampy, and now the baby feels lower adding to the difficulty of walking (swollen feet, sciatic nerve....). The boys are super excited and keep saying they want Lexy to come out so they can hold her. And Craig is such an excited Daddy!! I love to see him so happy for this new little life! We are both such infant people and that's often rare in a male. He is excited to hold her, see what she looks like and just relish in those sweet, priceless first days of life!
And I am too!
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I don't know if I ever told you but Lizzy was born right after the full moon in April,just thought I would share that with you.
Oh and the back pain is probably contractions. I had that with all three girls once labor really starts and progresses the contraction pain moves more towards the front. I'm praying that this will be the fastest labor for you yet. 5 hours is my lucky number so I hope that maybe it can be a lucky number for you,now that you are having a girl.
with you on it all! i have a date, ONE nice thing about c-sections. tomorrow we'll be three weeks away!
Yay! So excited to see pictures of her!
Wow, Heidi. That's awesome news that you are progressing ahead of time. How exciting. Painful, but exciting. Courtney's school is doing the same thing with school the first day. We are there with them one day. Pretty nice transitions. Hopefully the baby will be cooperative. :)
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