39 weeks and waiting
So here I am, 5 days before my due date, waiting for my baby to make an appearance. My son is napping and my husband is moving furniture, so that he can finish the living room and dining room renovations before the baby comes. I guess he's finally starting to feel the time pinch. Everything is *supposed* to be done before the baby arrives, and he's always been a bit of a procrastinator. I've been living without a dining room or kitchen for the last month! and I have no running water on the first floor. This means I'm doing dishes in the bathtub, and filling water jugs from the upstairs bathroom. All while 9 months pregnant! Our new appliances are getting delivered on Aug 14th, and he says he will definitely be done before they arrive. And I'm getting a new dishwasher, Yay!
I'm on maternity leave now, and I won't be going back to work until August 4, 2009! Yay me! On the baby front, at my last Midwife visit I was 50% effaced, but barely dilated. Only about 1 cm, enough to do an exam. This morning the baby dropped, and it is definitely noticable. My stomach isn't forcing my breasts up like a shelf anymore. It's lowered, and I actually look a bit smaller I think when I check out the mirror. I am going to try and get a 40 week shot of myself up soon, but for now I'll post one of me at 36 weeks.
The other big news is that at my 37 week u/s we found out we're having a girl!!! She was estimated as being 7 lbs 3 oz., which would put her at about 9 lbs by her due date. My son was 9 lbs 11 oz. (12 days late) and both my hubby (9 lbs) and me (8 lbs) were big babies too. I will try to get online and post pictures and stuff after she's born, but I 'm not sure how long I'll need to adjust to another newborn in the house. :)
Oh, and I'm up about 32 lbs for the whole pregnancy.