Midwife Check
34 weeks Sunday…and so far my total weight gain is less than the number of weeks I am, about 10 pounds less! Of course, comparing absolute weight between pregnancies rather than weight gain…. but, no, we won’t go there.
I only have one more visit to the midwife’s clinic and then she’ll start coming to me! :) Woot! Today’s appointment made something click and the “this is really going to happen and it will be soon” emotions or hormones or whatever kicked in. I got the list of what to get for the birth (“oh, yes…hmm…maybe if I don’t get that unopened bottle of olive oil, she won’t be able to…umm…use it, if you know what I mean”), a vitamin K prescription (it helps newborns with blood clotting; hospitals do it automatically), and she confirmed that the baby is in a great position. She also predicted that this birth will come at least as fast if not faster than Jaeger. Jaeger was born 2 1/2 hours after the beginning of active labor, although the three days of early labor made it not feel quite like a “quick birth.” She’s only actually going to be out of town for 3 days during my 36th week, so that’s really not an issue and I’m to call her to come as soon as active labor begins. I told her Matt was paranoid about it all happening too fast or me not calling her soon enough so that she’s not there when it happens, but she assured me that if things happen that fast, it almost always means everything was just in place and ready to happen and it happens on its own smoothly, so he’d just have to catch, help us up into bed with the baby & cord on me, and wait for her to get there. I don’t think that’s going to happen, anyway.
So, the early pangs of nesting are creeping up on me and I have several lists going on in my head that need to make it onto paper. I’ve got to turn the “spare room” into a “baby room” and I want to put some things in the freezer and I want to make sure the pantry is stocked. I have at least a month, maybe 7 weeks. I hope Christmas preparations and parties help days pass in compensation for Ilse’s foot in my ribs making the nights long….
I have absolute sympathy for you. Those last 5-6 weeks are pretty uncomfortable and long. I stop sleeping what seems like completely. I always thought it was God’s way of getting me used to a new baby and the sleepless nights she causes. The great thing is that my baby sleeps great and hardly had any sleepless nights. I will be praying for you!
I won’t even comment on assuming a fast delivery :p (you can hope!)
Yes, I know. :) I am the only one around here not assuming it’ll be fast, it seems. :) I am planning for days of labor and an arrival around the 10th of January or so. :)