Friday, September 4

Content lil' Baby...

I am pleased to announce that I have a very content little one... I guess. ;-P Baby likes it in there (perhaps the coziness of being all scrunched up?!?), and wants to stay awhile.

I have to admit that I'm surprised, my midwife said that she was shocked, too! Baby dropped a bit over 4 weeks ago, and my midwife says she rarely sees a baby continue with his/her head so firmly engaged for this long. Lovely. People ask "are you having strong contractions yet?". :-) I've been having *strong* ones since June. :-P As in, wake me up strong. :-) Oh well. When she did the exam yesterday, I was 0.5 cent. dilated. She had me promise not to be discouraged, and reminded me that some women take weeks to fully dilate, and then with some it just happens suddenly! I guess we'll see what camp I'm in. :-) Baby is quite happy in there, and we both checked out very healthy, so I'm happy. :-) And grateful that my midwife doesn't let her patients go past 42 weeks... ho hum!

We are still hoping that baby is born before my mom arrives in town (she was planning to take baby with her to her favorite shopping establishments), but we shall see! Mom says that they are either inducing baby before she leaves, or she is buying a new ticket - she's not leaving without meeting Baby! :-) She & Dad bought us a stroller for this little one (helps with those outdoor malls she is gonna be visiting) which is scheduled to arrive today. We found it for a really good price (comparatively) and love how it is an "umbrella" style, yet fully reclines for an infant. (Trying really hard to not clutter up the apt.!) We also found a pediatrician/ ped. group that is wonderful. Totally supportive of certain decisions Dwight and I have made regarding baby. Yippee! But poor Kate is a bit disappointed about baby's lack of early arrival. She has been visiting this week, and it looks like "Auntie Kate" will have to wait until Thanksgiving to be properly introduced...

Y'all, I know this is pathetic... but I really don't want to have this baby on Labor Day...