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November 23, 2008
37 weeks... fully baked?
before i forget - happy 3rd birthday eloise! well, i know it was yesterday, auntie carrie has gotten a mite forgetful with all her blood concentrated elsewhere these days... forgive me?
here we are today, 37 full weeks gestation. there were a couple of jehovah's witness ladies that stopped by yesterday morning. both commented that i'm "so tiny" they couldn't believe i have less than a month to go! ha! guess that proves one thing, doesn't it?
i still "fit" in front of the screen, but seem to be getting more bulbous by the hour. baby should be 6 pounds now according to the charts, but i don't dare ask the doc to give me an estimate! we've been running on the "larger than average" end all along. i had an appointment on friday, but my doc was delivering someone else, so i met with the nurse who checked my vitals (blood pressure, weight, pee in a cup) and baby's heart rate (148 if you care to know) but then brought in another doc to check which way baby was lying. see, i took a spill earlier in the week and the next day i felt hiccups where hiccups hadn't been before and "we" haven't had hiccups since, so i wasn't sure that baby had turned back around or not. dr brooke confirmed it, baby is head down again, and then she gave me a right scolding for not calling in that i had fallen. said she herself was quite the clutz when she was pregnant so she wasn't scolding me for falling, just for not calling in. ten-four. next time? there won't be a next time. i promise not to try to run to catch the bus again. i have another appointment scheduled with my doc on wednesday, just in time for her to decide if i can travel for thanksgiving, with just 2 1/2 weeks to go.
dan finished painting all the trim around our new windows yesterday, and finished the painting of the dresser-turned-changing table, and i had a nesting fest. here's some pictures of the finished nursery, minus baby. :)
your host for this episode : carrie; November 23, 2008 09:04 PM
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I like reading your updates and watching you grow :) so are you on maternity leave now? I got an email from a stranger instead of you reminding me about reports... Take care. No more running! and Happy Thanksgiving!
from the peanut gallery of : Brenda K ; November 26, 2008 01:45 AM