Another appointment today.

I heard Alexis' heartbeat....160. Until she moved then it shot up to 180. No skips or anything.
I've lost 3 pounds.
I'm measuring at 37 weeks....which means she finally isn't measuring small. She said Alexis is about 6 pounds and 19 inches long. That's just an estimate, though. Oh....and they've moved my due date from October 1 to September 29.
I'm 2 cm dilated and 65-70% effaced. My water is still intact and holding strong and baby is in delivering position.
Tomorrow, mom and I are setting up her nursery. We're going to use a bassinet at first. But, hopefully we'll have her crib set up just in case she doesn't like the bassinet (mom said I hated mine).

 

Great news, keep up the good work!

 

moon flower~were almost the same amount preggo!

i have a little longer than you, but unlike you i have been measuring bigger lately. i tend to have bigger babes!sky was 8lbs 4oz.

my due date is Oct. 7th, and 2 weeks ago, i was 34 weeks measing 37 WEEKS!
i dont know about you but i am so ready to be done with this!! what week did you get the internal exam? i dont know when my midwives do one if at all....i'm so curious to know if i'm dilated at all....hugs~jenn

 

Haha. Yes!
Wow....8 lbs. you're a soldier!
I'm defintely ready to just see her and hold her and smell her. Aw. I can't wait.
I had one done at 35 weeks because I thought I was going into premature labor. Then, I had one at 36 weeks and one just yesterday. I don't know if I'm going to have one next appointment or not. Though, today I did Alexis nursery....put the finishing touches around the bassinet and stuff....and am having a lot of hip pain....I guess where she's moving farther down.

 

yeah! its coming!! i have an appointment tonight, 7:30.....i read in the book about getting an internal at this appointment. did you ever think you'd be hoping for an internal exam? not i. i'll let you know if i get any interesting news.

 

congrats, I'm glad to hear everything is going great guns for you

 

Awesome! Let me know for sure.
I didn't think I'd HOPE for an IE....but at this point, I'm just hoping I'll get more and more change each time.

Thanks, retro.

 

well i'm 1 cm, 30% effaced....but this apparently means nothing with 2nd pregnancies..midwife says it usually all happens once labor starts w/ 2nd timers...sigh~~~~~waiting waiting waiting~~~~~

 

She still needs until at least 37 weeks, anyway. That's what I'm told.
It seems like they'll never get here.

 

Everyone complains that they've had enough by the time they get to the last few weeks

 

I'm just excited and can't wait to meet her!
I've enjoyed being pregnant.


I finally got some stretch marks. A whole 9 months without them....and they just pop up when she drops. There are only 2 or 3 small ones.

 

Oh, totally. I LOVED being pregnant. I never got to that stage of being fed up myself. Just heard a lot of other mothers say that.

I never got any on my belly (believe it or not) but I did get a whole heap around my butt and hips. Also on my boobs... they aren't so perky anymore either (sob sob)

 

I've heard a lot of mothers say things that make me want to cry. It's sad how little they think of being pregnant and even their own kids.

I thought I'd make it without them. But, they aren't too bad. I had some on my butt and hips from growing and also being huge then losing a lot of weight. They're the white ones that you can't see unless you're right up on them.
My boobs had them because when I was a bigger girl, they were kinda big....now they aren't. But, they aren't saggy.

 

Some people shouldn't be parents, for sure.

My stretch marks are the white colour now too, thankfully. They are sort of furrowed into the skin, if you know what I mean. Thanks to my approaching middle-age, gravity unfortunately grabbed hold of my boobs... Here's hoping that you have better luck! But then again it's kind of cool having all the interesting marks, lumps and bumps that remind you that you brought a precious little child into the world.

 

theshapeofamother.blogspot.com

It's a great site about just that, the way motherhood changes a woman's body permanently!

 

LOL, it must be hard being pregnant with an energetic 3-year-old!

Oh God, I think I've missed my window of opportunity for another one!

 

Oh, Moon, only a few more weeks. You are doing well. Those last few weeks are hard, physically, and emotionally. I wanted to meet my babies SO badly. Like you, although I had rough pregnancies (bedrest for between 3 up to 6 months with every one) I did enjoy being pregnant. I felt special. I know that sounds weird, as everyone on Earth was once in the belly of a pregnant womyn (wow, that's pretty profound...... ) but I felt special.

I miss babies in my house. Sunshine has 2 more years of school, before she wants babies, though. I can wait. (My Moon says she doesn't want them at all. It's up to her. Lennon and Sage are still young, but say they want babies, too. Well, Lennon's womyn has to be the one to 'have' them, but you know what I mean.)

 

That's so great. You should put that in your sig, or print it on t shirts or something. Great Maggie Sugar quote.

 

I know. I just wake up thinking TODAY IS THE DAY. I'm also really nervous. Lol. I feel special too. Preston's doing a lot to make me feel special lately.

Yes....you should make shirts with that quote.