Only 3 more weeks to go!

Well, I am home on bed rest yet again! Nothing really wrong with me, baby, or pregnancy in general, so no need to be concerned. But the baby keeps getting lower and lower and its hard to walk and sit! My doctor is not very pleased with the fact that I am insisting on continuing to work - so she made a deal with me that if I took 4 days off to do nothing, I can do the rest of this week (and maybe next week) as half-days at work then work at home for the other half. However, even that was getting too difficult for me, so today I am working all day from home.

I think this baby is going to arrive early (despite the fact that Matthew says she'll arrive 1 week late - he needs to bite his tongue!). I am already having some early labor signs and the doctor is trying to figure out how I can even walk with the fact that the baby's head is so low! When the doctor asks you this kind of thing, it makes you a little more aware that things are progressing!

So here I sit, watching my belly move around and dealing with little sporadic contractions. I would love to get up and finish the nursery (I realize for those who know me well, you are shocked to find out that I did not have the nursery completely finished 2 months ago!). It is not easy for me to rely on Matthew for all of this to get accomplished, although he has been wonderful and very good at forcing me to take it easy. He's even been painting the family room (because of course I need to get that done before the baby arrives....what will she think when she arrives home to a half-finished family room!? She'd be horrified!).

Speaking of "she"....I did manage to wash all of the baby clothes and goodies (thanks to my step-mother-in-law Liz). And I packed a bag for her and me for the hospital. I realized quickly however, that if "she" turns out to be a "he" I will need to quickly find a new outfit - I have nothing to send the little boy home in. Matthew thinks it would be funny to put him in the cute bowed and ruffled (on the butt no less!) going-home outfit my mom got us. I wonder if Matthew really would laugh at that or if he would be horrified. Hmmm...

I better sign off now. As new updates are entered, you will get notifications - so no need to keep checking in until you get an email from CarePages (unless you want to, of course!).

I hope you are all doing well! I'll keep you posted on the labor process. Let's hope for an early arrival! Don't smirk.....it could really happen!

Stephanie