The End is Near~

I’m still pregnant and we are still living in a hotel. This week has gone by extremely fast considering we are just waiting for the baby to arrive. It has been nice to have not schedule, able to spend some wonderful husband and wife time together. I wish that I had lots of exciting things to say about what we have been doing, but that is not the case. Our typical day consumes of: getting up every 2 hours to use the potty, then housekeeping waking us up around 8 to 8:30, breakfast, slowly getting ready for the day, playing on the computers (Jake does his German lesson), lunch, watching some Desperate Housewives (we have been renting the seasons for the library, but someone has not turned in season 3 ), going for a nice long walk (Jake runs) then to the gym for some more workout, dinner, TV and bed. It’s not like we are doing anything super exciting, but it has been nice to just take it easy. It will be a while before we are able to just do nothing after the baby comes.

We had a doctor’s appointment on Thursday. I finally got to meet with a girl doctor and I loved her. She was so wonderful, and I wish that I could have her be the one to deliver the baby. I doubt it will be here because there are 5 different OB doctors here. She did examine me and I am dilated, but not much and I still need my cervix to thin out (sorry for the info boys). I was a bit sad that she didn’t say, “Yep any day now.” She did tell me that this is good and we are moving in the right direction. My stomach measured small again this week, but it’s just how the baby is positioned. The week before she measured exactly perfect for the week. I asked the doctor how big she though our little one would be and she guessed no larger than 7 ½ pounds, but she said she could be wrong because you never know. She said that sometimes babies show small on ultrasounds and come out over 9 pounds and the same goes for large babies end up being smaller. We have another appointment on Wednesday June 16th (her due date). I will meet one of the other doctors that day, and if our little girl has not been born then they will schedule my induction for sometime the following week. I think that she is just waiting for her grandparents to show up.

When it comes to how am I feeling, I have to say not bad. I don’t feel any more uncomfortable. I have notices that my belly has shrunk, but I think that is just from her dropping down lower and less fluid. I have also felt her move a bit less, but Jake makes sure to poke and get her to move still. She moves so much more for him than for me. I guess she is already a Daddy’s girl. I have been getting up every 2 hours on the dot to use the bathroom, but figure this is just getting me ready to be up feeding. I’m trying to enjoy my last bit of being pregnant because she could be born any day, and my guess is that she will be born in the next 10 days. I have been having dreams of what she will look like. I’m just so excited to finally meet this little person who has been growing inside of me. I can’t wait to see if she looks like me or Jake. I’m going to miss her being inside of me, but just trying to cherish the time that is left. I have been asked if I’m scared or nervous, but I’m not. I know my body was made to have babies and I don’t have a choice because she is coming out one way or another. I hope that things can follow our birth plan, but trying to keep an open mind about the whole thing. I know that things never go as planned and I’m just going to go with the flow.

~Candice