V2.0 Releasing This Month!
June is here, Elvis will soon be making his/her entrance into the world! At the time of this post I am not technically due for another 25 days, but I’d surprised if I make it another 3 weeks. That is not just hopeful pregnant lady talk, either, my body has already started latent labor. At the last doctor’s appointment I had dilated to 1-2cm and was 50% effaced with the baby’s head “verrrrry low.” It is a hopeful sign, but I can’t forget this happening last time and Ruby didn’t come until 4 days after the due date. This feels different, but we’ll see. Whenever labor really kicks in, the doctor announced that it will be an easy, quick labor. Thanks for jinxing it!!!
In the meantime, I have been continuing to try to limit my activity in hopes of staving off delivery until the baby is really ready. Don’t want him or her before the little lungs and other body parts are ready, but now that we are in the 37th week it should be safe for him/her to come. In the past few days the contractions I have been having sporadically have started coming a little more often and a little harder, but I think it is just false or practice labor teasing me.
Just in case, we have finally gotten totally prepared for the little one’s arrival. I am pre-registered at the hospital, the carseat is in the back of the van, and the nursery is ready. We had to move Ruby out of the nursery and into a big girl room before we could put up the crib and get out all of the baby clothes. It was quite the project, especially for poor Chad since I haven’t been supposed to do much work. I helped with washing and putting away linens and clothes and stocking diapers, butt paste, and all the other necessities. Everything is ready and waiting for a baby to come wear the tiny clothes, sleep in the bassinet, craddle or, crib, and complete our family and home.
Below is a picture of Chad and I at the beach, something of a end-of-pregnancy tradition for us. See more recent pregnancy and nursery pics here.
