37 weeks!
37 weeks!
Well, 37wks2days, but I'm not being that particular. My icon is 36wks, for reference, and because I'm too lazy to do a whole set of comparison pictures right now.
I had my doctor appt today. I'm 2 cm dilated and 20% effaced! That was a surprise to me. With Reagan, I don't believe I went past a fingertip dilation all the way until I was induced, although I was 80% effaced at the last checkup before my induction. Anyway, that was a pleasant surprise, even though I know it doesn't really "mean" anything. At least I'm even more sure that my labor will progress pretty quickly whenever I DO go into labor.
Also, my doctor said they could do a heparin lock on my IV, even if he seemed reluctant about it. I'll take what I can get. There's no guarantee really, because another doctor could be on call when I go in, and then it's up to them completely, but I'm going to write up a basic list of my wishes - really, it's pretty short - and hope for the best when I get into the hospital. I'm hopeful that I go so fast that none of this is really much of an issue, anyway, but not so fast that John can't make it home in time! :P
On my to-do list today: pack for the hospital (or at least what I can, and then leave a list in the bag of what to add), pack Chloe's stuff for the hospital, clean kitchen, fold clothes, and of course straighten up the living room (I do this every day along with the kitchen anyway). Also, after getting all this done and depending on how I feel, I hope to go through the bags that are in the downstairs closet and list it all on Freecycle. It's just a bunch of clothes, but it's stuff I will DEFINITELY never fit into - it's even smaller then the stuff I posted up here before, some of these are clothes I wore when I was 120 lbs! I'm 5'8". Yeah, I won't be wearing those clothes again and I'd rather not look at them anymore.
I feel like I have tunnel vision, and I have especially for the past week - GET THIS HOUSE IN ORDER ASAP. I'm not over-exhausting myself, but I am doing something every day and I try to pick the most productive things to do. I want to be sure that the dishes are always done, the clothes are always clean and put away, we always have food in the fridge, and basically things are just always in order so that I don't have to freak out about it when I'm going into labor, and no one else has to worry about taking care of it either. It's like my total focus is zeroed in on the next couple of weeks. I can't seem to help it! When I surf the web, it's baby pages and diaperswappers, ebay for bargains on baby stuff, etc. I have been pretty good about my thriftiness, though. I wish I could clean this place from top to bottom, and I could if not for Reagan. I don't have as much motivation to go crazy on the living room toy area because I know she'll just pull it all out again, so I focus on the more deep-cleaning stuff and things that she doesn't really affect as much.
Anyway. Forgive me, friends-list, for my repetitive posts lately. Trust me when I say that I am actually keeping them much shorter than I could, lol.
♥
Well, 37wks2days, but I'm not being that particular. My icon is 36wks, for reference, and because I'm too lazy to do a whole set of comparison pictures right now.
I had my doctor appt today. I'm 2 cm dilated and 20% effaced! That was a surprise to me. With Reagan, I don't believe I went past a fingertip dilation all the way until I was induced, although I was 80% effaced at the last checkup before my induction. Anyway, that was a pleasant surprise, even though I know it doesn't really "mean" anything. At least I'm even more sure that my labor will progress pretty quickly whenever I DO go into labor.
Also, my doctor said they could do a heparin lock on my IV, even if he seemed reluctant about it. I'll take what I can get. There's no guarantee really, because another doctor could be on call when I go in, and then it's up to them completely, but I'm going to write up a basic list of my wishes - really, it's pretty short - and hope for the best when I get into the hospital. I'm hopeful that I go so fast that none of this is really much of an issue, anyway, but not so fast that John can't make it home in time! :P
On my to-do list today: pack for the hospital (or at least what I can, and then leave a list in the bag of what to add), pack Chloe's stuff for the hospital, clean kitchen, fold clothes, and of course straighten up the living room (I do this every day along with the kitchen anyway). Also, after getting all this done and depending on how I feel, I hope to go through the bags that are in the downstairs closet and list it all on Freecycle. It's just a bunch of clothes, but it's stuff I will DEFINITELY never fit into - it's even smaller then the stuff I posted up here before, some of these are clothes I wore when I was 120 lbs! I'm 5'8". Yeah, I won't be wearing those clothes again and I'd rather not look at them anymore.
I feel like I have tunnel vision, and I have especially for the past week - GET THIS HOUSE IN ORDER ASAP. I'm not over-exhausting myself, but I am doing something every day and I try to pick the most productive things to do. I want to be sure that the dishes are always done, the clothes are always clean and put away, we always have food in the fridge, and basically things are just always in order so that I don't have to freak out about it when I'm going into labor, and no one else has to worry about taking care of it either. It's like my total focus is zeroed in on the next couple of weeks. I can't seem to help it! When I surf the web, it's baby pages and diaperswappers, ebay for bargains on baby stuff, etc. I have been pretty good about my thriftiness, though. I wish I could clean this place from top to bottom, and I could if not for Reagan. I don't have as much motivation to go crazy on the living room toy area because I know she'll just pull it all out again, so I focus on the more deep-cleaning stuff and things that she doesn't really affect as much.
Anyway. Forgive me, friends-list, for my repetitive posts lately. Trust me when I say that I am actually keeping them much shorter than I could, lol.
♥