Pregnancy. 

I’m so over it.

I had my 39 week doctor appointment today.  I’m finally dialated!  Although not very much at all (1.5 centimeters), I’ll still take it.  I go back to the doc on my due date - the 24th - and if Sami hasn’t made her entrance by then I’ll be induced at some point the following week. 

The end is in sight folks and I am sooooo ready.

With you guys lettin’ your junk all hang out?

Especially this morning. 

I got up at least five times last night to pee and stretch my hips.  I’m also having some cramping sensations, not painful but not pleasant either.  So I am exhausted and plan on going back to bed momentarily. 

On one of my many bathroom trips I noticed that the cat had tipped over his litter box and peed on the carpet.  Hubs was a sport and cleaned it up and is out getting more litter and a lower/smaller pan right now because we are out of litter and this has happened before.  Cat is just too dang fat and when he steps on the side of the pan, it turns right over. 

Our newspaper is unreadable as it is soaking wet for the second day in a row because the delivery person is too lazy to put it in our box, which we purchased from the newspaper specifically for that purpose.  You’d think they would have enough sense to realize it’s gonna get wet when it is pouring down rain but they throw it in the driveway anyhow.

Newsflash: next Thursday we are due to have a baby.   Gulp.

I’m thankful that my pregnancy has been relatively “boring” with no complications and whatnot.  I really am.  That said, today was the ultimate in boring appointments.  There’s no further progress from last week and Sami’s head still needs to drop some more, after which the doc told me I will begin experiencing “sharp stabbing pains in the bladder area”, but not to worry because this is just baby “snuggling in” and this “is not labor”. 

Yay.

Um yeah, so I have two weeks to go and it will be my due date!  I really can’t believe we are THIS close to meeting baby Samantha.  I wonder what she’ll look like?  I can’t imagine.  I go back to the doctor tomorrow for my 38 week visit but am behind in updating on what happened last week so I’ll do that now and give tomorrow’s update, well, tomorrow. 

So as of last Thursday, I am not dilated at all but am 70% effaced so there’s that.  The midwife guessed that Sami weighed 7.5 pounds which freaked me out.  I thought that sounded big so I asked how much baby might gain if I made it to the 24th (due date).  MW said that baby could gain 1/2 pound a week.  So I’m doing the math in my noggin and am thinking I’m going to have a 9 pounder!  Heaven help me.  The hospital I’m delivering at won’t let you go past your due date by more than a week so that was good to hear.  Her head is definitely low and I swear it feels like she is just gonna fall outta there at any minute. 

That’s basically it for now, maybe there will be some progress tomorrow at the doc’s office.  In the meantime, here’s some 37 week belly pics…

Tangent: Why do so many maternity shirts have horizontal stripes?  It’s not exactly slimming.  But maybe they’re thinking there’s no hope anyway, so just go with it? End tangent.

As far as how I feel…like crap to be perfectly honest.  Tired, fat, grumpy, cumbersome and just plain fugly.  And if one more person tells me that I look like I’m “about to pop”, I’m going to do just that - pop them right in the face!  I can’t believe how difficult it is to be at work all day at this stage either.  It’s a lot harder than I thought, mainly because my focus and concentration is completely gone and I am getting even more frustrated than usual with the mundaneness.  But surely to goodness I can make it for a couple more weeks.   

We checked out yet another day care and I’m going to put in our application to get on that waiting list tomorrow.  It is the most expensive one yet but whadaya gonna do?  The location is perfect and hopefully it would just be short term until our first choice has a spot for us. 

Oh, my bag is packed and waiting in the hallway but I think I should probably put it in my car.  Just in case. 

How about a Wednesday Cooper fix?

…that I wrote about here?  It was short-lived.  Here’s a very brief description of how the following couple of days went…

1. The Accountant’s grandmother had a stroke and has been in the hospital.  She’s much better now and is nearly back to her old self.

2. Cooper either got bit by a snake or had a horrible reaction to his vaccinations.  His face swelled up to 3 times normal size.  Took him to the pet emergency clinic and they gave him meds.  Back to the regular vet the next day and he was much better. 

3. I am sure I gained ten pounds and consumed five pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.  I have a feeling those two things are related in some mysterious way.

So much to do, so much to say, no time or energy to do either.  I have new belly pics, new Samantha info, new doggies pics, and new Ben & Jerry’s flavors to try (my latest favorite is the Phish Food - holy moly!!!). 

I’ll catch up soon perhaps.  To quote Miss Scarlet O’Hara “tomorrow is another day”.  (is that the right line?  Scout, I’m talkin’ to you.)

I would say that today has been as close to a Perfect Day as I’ve had in a very long time.  The Accountant and I are both off of work due to the holiday (Happy 4th everyone!) and we had absolutely no plans.  No where to go, no household projects, no company expected, nada, nothing, zilch.  In other words, heavenly.  I am usually one of those people who likes to go places and do things on the weekends since that’s the only time I have the energy for it but it seems the past several weekends have just been filled with too much.  We went to bed early last night and so were up by 7:00 today and with the exception of a quick trip to the grocery store, have just been lounging around the house watching tv or whatever.  Soooo nice!  We have no plans for any fireworks outings tonight either.  Although our neighbors usually have quite the fireworks show and I think if I position myself just so on the deck, I can watch those if I get the urge. 

So Happy 4th of July to all and I hope your day has been as near perfect as mine!  Mwah!