We've officially hit the "safe zone" in pregnancy. We're past the 37 week mark and therefore considered full term when it comes to the baby's gestational age and giving birth. HOORAY! We are very excited about this. The doctor said the baby can come anytime now and we can't wait to find out when that day might be here. At my last doctor visit I was dilating and effacing right along so it could be any time now that he decides to make his entrance into the world! I'm not sure who is more excited to meet the little guy - me or his Daddy! I'm sure it's a tie but all my husband can talk about is meeting him. Its quite adorable :)
While we anxiously await his arrival we have been soaking up the last bit of me and him time that we'll have for a while. We've went on lunch and dinner dates and are enjoying our time together in the evenings before he comes. We have all our bags packed and are loaded in the pickup so whenever it is time all we have to do is load ourselves and head for the hospital! We are both so anxious to meet him, see what he looks like, and welcome him into our family.
As my pregnancy starts to come to an end it is joyous and sad for me all at the same time. While I'm sure many of you would think I would be happy to not be pregnant anymore (and there are times that I get excited thinking about the fact that I'll be able to bend over again and pick things up off the floor!), since this was such a long journey and struggle for us I am savoring every last minute of my pregnancy and baby being inside me. I've started to slowly pack away maternity items that I will no longer wear once he arrives (because they're for the summer months) and it brought tears to my eyes thinking about the day we found out we were pregnant and how far we've come in order to have our son. Although I may look in the mirror and not like how much weight I have gained during the duration of the pregnancy, or the stretch marks that are now on my body, I realize that there is a miracle growing inside me and I am forever grateful to God that he has allowed us to be this little guys parents. I forget about the weight and stretch marks and remind myself that it took my body changing in these ways in order to grow a happy and healthy baby and that's all that matters. I'll worry about myself after he's born healthy. So many people never get to experience the kicks of a growing baby from inside, or a growing belly, stretch marks, or the way others look at a pregnant lady when in public. It is as if you have a halo over your head and you're walking on air (most of the time...there are those who make snide remarks about weight or "popping any day" but you learn to ignore them!). So for the opportunity to carry our child I will forever be thankful.
Since we have been given the "all clear" from our doctor I am going to try to start doing a little bit of walking in the afternoons/evenings in hopes of speeding the delivery of our baby along. The baby has dropped a bit more from our last appointment so we know he is getting ready to meet us. And he is definitely head down so we don't have to worry about him being breech, thank goodness!! The doctor thinks he'll be an average baby at birth with a weight of around 7 1/2 lbs. or so but he is definitely a long baby...possibly a bit longer than average. That's thanks in part to his mom being taller and his Dad being extra tall! I'm going with 22 in. long at birth and Wesley said he thinks he'll be about 23 in. long. Wesley thinks he'll be on the lighter side of 7 lbs. while I think he'll be on the heavier side of 7 lbs. I guess time will tell who is right!
I don't have any new pictures of my baby bump and probably won't post anymore until after our baby is born so stay tuned for those pictures coming (hopefully) soon!!
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