Last week, at work on 07.08.09, I was having some pretty strong contractions - no set pattern/timing between them, but they averaged about 5 per hour. They weren't painful so I realllly didn't think I was in labor, I was just worried that it was too early for such steady contractions. I called my Dr's office and they said they wanted to get a sono of the baby just to make sure he wasn't under any stress, but they were all booked up for the evening and sent me over to the Labor & Delivery Unit at St. Catherine's Hospital. They hooked me up to some monitors and everything checked out OK. In fact, the little guy was so angry when they put the monitor on my belly to get his heartbeat, he kicked it right off! The monitor is strapped on and fastened with velcro and the little bugger kicked it hard enough to make it snap off. hahahaha. He's totally my kid - he HATES loud noises!
The sono was good - baby got a perfect score of 8. He's not under any stress in there at all. His hands were opening and closing and his feet were wiggling around in front of his face, as usual. He was still measuring about 2 weeks ahead and weighing over 6 lbs. He's in the perfect position to be born! I'm about 2cm dilated (out of 10), so that means NOTHING! hah! Baby can come tomorrow or weeks from now. I vote next week.
I had my normal scheduled weekly appointment at the Dr's office last night and all is well. Baby is getting a little squished in there...he's measuring approx 6lbs 10oz (give or take a WHOLE POUND, so he could be 6lbs now, he could be 7 1/2 - he's too big/squished to get exact measurements). Dr thinks we'll be looking at a nice healthy 8 pounder within the next 2 weeks. :)
I'm starting to get pretty uncomfortable. My gut is huge! I'm still working (and plan on working until the very end), so at least that keeps my mind off of things. Everything is DONE at home - baby stuff is all washed and put away in drawers, bouncer is put together and batteries are in, car seats are installed and checked for safety by the NYS Troopers, etc. (That's a GREAT service, if anyone's interested - once per month, the NYS Troopers have a free car seat inspection/installation workshop at the barracks in Farmingdale. They're professionally trained and so helpful!) I'm moving much slower than I normally do, but I'm still moving!
1 quick pic - as you can see, not only am I huge, but the baby seems to have dropped, too!
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