So we are officially 36 weeks! Which means … 2-6 weeks left for baby inside my belly … then we welcome little BR into the real world!
Things are going well. I feel pretty big – but am doing ok. With the tongue lump removed – I’m a much happier Momma. We have had a busy week. I started swimming and went twice last week. I thought it would provide relief for my achy hips – which it did. But I also sore legs from the new muscles I used in that workout!
We haven’t made any progress on the house/nursery in the last week- this weekend was filled with an awesome derby bout and a lovely shower with my co-workers. We also got to visit with my cousin Kasha and hear her mom/birth stories. I love listening to stories of labor – since I’m getting close it’s reassuring to hear how people got through it.
Tonight we had our breastfeeding class. OHSU is wonderful – they have lactation specialists on-site to help you with nursing and are available after you go home as well. It was a great class – the instructor was a little goofy – but I suppose you have to be a little when you’re working with babies all day! We learned alot about what to expect and obstacles that arise and how to work through them. Overall – another good investment in our baby’s future. Tomorrow night is our Newborn Care class. More information for Daddy and me to prepare for BRs arrival!
This coming weekend my Mom’s coming to visit to help me just get stuff done. I’m feeling extremely overwhelmed by our basement, the living room, running errands … and Daddy is going to Salem for a Dragonboat race … a perfect time to get through my to-do list. I haven’t really gotten the crazy nesting bug … I usually only have a few hours worth of energy in me before I need a nap. Lazy Momma!
Other than that – we’re doing well but totally not ready … should be in the next week or so. Officially after 37 weeks (next Monday) Baby is considered full-term. So … then we just wait for his or her arrival!
From Babycenter.com: “Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. Baby now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crensaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. Baby’s shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered it’s body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected it’s skin during it’s nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of baby’s first bowel movement.At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely baby’s in a head-down position.”Note: BR has been head down for most of the pregnancy … next Dr. appt is Tuesday the 1st of July.
So today I went in to meet with Dr. Anderson – Ear, Nose and Throat specialist – to check out the ever growing, bleeding “Pyogenic Granuloma” on my tongue with hopes of having it removed. In case you don’t remember … the “pregnancy tumor” (as it’s known) started with a small lump on my tongue around May 8th and has grown and bled and driven me nuts ever since it came along! I thought I could live with it til the Babe came — but after a 2 hour bleeding session on June 2nd I called to have it removed or cauterized or ANYTHING!.
