39 weeks

This was my picture at 38 weeks

I am just over 39 weeks now, and have been off of work for 3 weeks. I think that I have managed to accomplish most of the stuff around the house that I wanted, but I'm sure there is more that I could accomplish if I felt like it. My goal was to clean the house well, then just keep it clean after that. Sometimes that's the hardest part. I'm not quite sure how it happens but our coffee table seems to collect things so rapidly that it's hard to keep up with. Same thing with the dishes in the sink. Seems like all I have to do is just think about making something, and the sink is full of dishes. Now I'm just putting finishing touches on different things around the house to make sure it's ready.

One of the recent developments is that Lonnie has now almost finished refinishing my dresser. This project started last January after we found out I was pregnant. Since the dresser went to the garage for refinishing, I have been living out of laundry baskets. Needless to say I am anxious to get my dresser back into m room. The dresser that he has been refinishing was a dresser that my older sister Katrina had when I was a girl. I'm not sure where it was before then, but I know that the dresser is at least 25 years old, and it was showing a bit of wear. I'm really excited to get it in place upstairs in our room because we'll be using that for the changing table for the baby in our room. I told Lonnie that if it wasn't done by the time he came I would be changing the baby's diaper on his side of the bed so if we had a baby who liked to pee when you open his diaper it would be on his side, not mine. But it looks like it will be able to come into the house tomorrow morning. Once that is upstairs we will be able to finish setting everything else up in our room for him. Once it's put back together and in place in our room I'll take a picture of the dresser and post it.

I saw the doctor yesterday for my 39 week appointment. I have been walking nearly every day for the last 2 weeks...even if it hurts to do it, just to try and cause more contractions and bring the baby down. I was pretty convinced that the doctor was going to tell me that my cervix hadn't changed at all during the week. I was VERY pleasantly surprised when she told me that I was 1 cm dilated and 75% effaced. Last week I was closed and 50%. She said she could feel the baby's head through the cervix. She said he wasn't tightly engaged into the pelvis, but was heading in the right direction and was lower and easier to reach. She said that she would be really surprised to see me in the next 24 hours after my appointment, because I just didn't look miserable enough. I told Lonnie that maybe I needed to try looking more miserable. He said that it wasn't so much "looking" miserable, but "being" miserable. So hopefully since I am heading in the right direction, I will deliver in the next week or so. I don't think that I'll be getting SUPER impatient until I hit my due date next wed. After that I'll be pretty anxious to get him out and see him. I may even try getting accupuncture next monday or tuesday to try and spur on labor. I have a friend who has some castor oil waiting for me whenever I give her the word. I think I'll have to get pretty desperate to go there. The girls that I work with who are going to take the pictures and check me while I'm in labor are working this weekend so they are hoping that I don't deliver until they get to their days off so they don't have to try and be there for me and work at the same time. I think I will probably deliver close to my due date...give or take a couple of days. I'm just so excited to see him and take care of him. Although the pain and hardship of labor doesn't excite me too much. My goal is to try and do the labor and delivery without pain medication, but I have the best nurse anesthetist on retainer in case I want an epidural. I think it will make a big difference if I am able to stay home as long as possible and move freely. One of the nurses I trained with is going to come over an check me so that I don't go to the hospital too soon, which will be really nice.

Anyways....we are just getting soooooo excited to see our baby boy. I told Lonnie he needs to come out because we have cute clothes, a nice place to sleep, and good food for him to eat. I just hope that he isn't a procrastinator like his dad, and he overstays his welcome. I can't believe how fast the pregnancy has gone and really how easy it has been. We have been so blessed by God to have a healthy pregnancy, healthy baby (as far as we can tell), and a healthy marriage. We just look forward to what God has in store for us as we raise this little one.