Monday, March 3, 2008

The due date...

The date has finally arrived...the due date. But, still, no Taylor.

We know we've kept everyone wondering if we've had the baby yet, and we're sorry to keep you in suspense, but I think those of you who are out there who are mothers understand that these last couple weeks are probably the longest weeks of your lives as you wait in eager anticipation for the little bundle of joy to arrive. With the continuously mounting anticipation comes a sort of withdrawal into your own immediate families without much desire to share anything with the rest of the world until the baby has finally arrived.

Thus, the lack of motivation to write and share anything the last few weeks...

Anyhow, I figure, today's the due date, so I probably ought to write something, so here goes.

The last two weeks have been quite uneventful for the most part. I haven't had any serious false alarms. I am having fairly regular "false" contractions that have no pain associated with them at all. I'm having about four an hour and have continued having them throughout the day for about the last week. The baby is continuing to move lower into my pelvis, but not so much that I have to run to the bathroom every 15 minutes. My hands are beginning to swell a little bit more than usual, but that's really only when I wake up in the morning - they go back to fairly normal after I'm up and about doing things. I've had a little minor cramping, but nothing significant enough to think I'm about to go into labor. In my boredom of sitting around the house, I've taken up knitting - I'm currently working on a baby blanket for Taylor, and Jeff's doing a fantastic job of supplying me with lots of yarn every time he's out shopping...:)

The latest measurements of little Taylor (last Monday) show that she's approximately 3.3kgs (7.2 lbs!), but they say one never really knows until the little one is born...but she's growing like a bean sprout in there! I have my last official doctor's appointment today (week 40!), but of course that means all they are doing now is making sure that Taylor isn't getting stressed out in her ever-shrinking home. :) She continues to be very active in there, but now the movements are much slower and directed, pushing in one direction, and then pushing in the other direction...trying to make just a little more room - without much luck.

Umma arrives tomorrow evening, so it'll be good to have her here with me as I wait some more. Maybe Taylor was just waiting for her Halmuni to get here before she came out so I'd have someone to rush to the hospital with me in case Jeff's at work. We're hoping Taylor decides to come no later than Wednesday, though...:) We'll see.

We'll hear from the doc today about how she's doing and how long he wants to wait before considering induction. He already talked to me about the possibility of inducing because she was growing so well. I think the longest he wants to wait is 10 days past my due date. I'm not opposed to induction, but I don't think I want to rush it either. I'd rather let her decide when she wants to come out...:) But we'll see...maybe she's just too comfortable in there...

Anyhow, that's what's going on with everything thus far. Still no Taylor, but I assure you that you will be hearing about it someway, somehow - as soon as it is possible for us to get on the internet to make the announcement that our little joy has joined us!

Until then, with love,
Rosa and Jeff

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