We are 3 days away from our due date and I have to schedule an appointment when the office opens. It is currently just shy of 4 am and I am wide awake with achy hips and a REALLY ITCHY belly. We made a trip to labor and delivery last week on Joshua's birthday because we thought labor had begun. We were wrong but the trip was not in vain because what they found was slight protein in my urine and an elevated blood pressure. My bp is typically really good but for the last week or so not so much. They discharged me with being borderline with promises that I would follow up with my OB on Friday at my normal check up time. Friday came and my bp was still borderline so I was written out of work with orders to relax. I relaxed (as much as a fully term pregnant woman can) and my bp is still elevated. So I called the on call nurse and she advised me to call her as soon as the office opens to get an upgraded appointment. My plan is go in screaming and crying, or I mean begging and pleading to be induced ASAP. I'll be 40 weeks on Thursday and I am just OVER IT! I commented to someone at church yesterday that for so long I just wanted to be pregnant and now I just NEED to not be pregnant anymore. So we will see how that goes. I am hoping and selfishly praying that they agree to induce me. The meltdown you keep hearing about will be small potatoes if I don't deliver this baby soon.....
Here are some more recent bump (giant basketball baby) pictures since the last I posted.
30 weeks
32 weeks
34 weeks
36 weeks
38 weeks
The last photo pretty well shows how tired I am. I take these photos on Thursdays when I get home from work which just happens to be a 13 hour day. The nursery is done, the car us full, the car seat base is in the car, the bags are packed, the soon to be grandparents are on high alert and all have instructions on what to do and Aunt Jenna is waiting (impatiently?) for my phone call that tells her to come screaming down the highway. Her dog will spend time with ours while we are in the hospital and my parents will spend a few days here to help get us adjusted. A full house but a very excited one. We did finally rehome Ajax last week through a coworker of Josh's that found a single guy with no other pets. It was one of the most difficulty things I have ever had to do but it was necessary and it kept us from having to put him down. We miss him terribly but we know that this baby will help ease that heartache. I guess that is it for now. Once we have a baby I will post again.
