We had another doctor appointment, she checked me and I'm not dilated. I'm actually happy that I'm not considering she leaves to go on vacation on the 12th. Ethan still has lots of amniotic fluid, and as long as he's moving a lot, he's happy - since he moves all day and night, I'm going to guess he's SUPER EXCITED to be a part of this family :)
I went and took care of my pre-registration at the hospital, so now all we have to do is show up on surgery day, and tell them that we're here to have a baby - crazy. As we get closer and closer to the big day, I get more and more excited - but I'm not going to lie, I'm terrified to have this surgery. Luckily, I have an amazing husband that keeps reminding me to just 'picture yourself holding Ethan'...and that's what I'm doing. I can't wait to see what he looks like. A little part of me hopes that he looks just like me - it always seems to go that way; girls look like their dad's (Bella is a spinning image of Stephen) and boy's will look like their mom's. We will just have to wait to find out.
Bella still doesn't really understand that she's going to have a baby brother soon. We keep telling her, and she seems excited, but she doesn't know what it means. She has no idea that she's going to have to share her mommy / daddy time with this little boy - that should be interesting. I have been getting things in the room ready, washing Ethan's clothes and blankets and every time she sees boy clothes she'll say, "Dylan?" (our nephew) So, I tell her that she's going to get her own baby Dylan but his name is Ethan...she just looks at me and grins.
Ethan is now the size of a watermelon, and by the looks of my belly in my chalkboard picture, I couldn't agree more!
Week 37 - Total weight gain so far....wait for it....34 pounds. Not too shabby.
We had another doctor's appointment this week (on Monday) it was supposed to be the last one before surgery - but since I pulled a muscle in my stomach, I ended up having to see her again on Thursday to make sure everything was okay, and it was.
I have still not dilated, no softening or anything. This is good. He's listening to his mommy and is going to hopefully stay in until his due date.
We've had a rough couple of weeks. Stephen was in a little fender bender and our Sonata has been in the shop getting repaired, so he's been driving a rental truck (which is impossible to get in and out of, and that's how I ended up pulling a muscle)...and then our expedition decided that it was going to have the ignition lock up on us, so we had to take that in as well to get worked on. At one point we were down to only having a rental car, and with me being so close to my due date, you can imagine how lovely I was :)
Ethan is officially considered full term now. If I were to go into labor, his lungs are developed enough that he wouldn't need serious medical attention - but, we want him to stay in there just a tad longer. At this point we are pretty much set up and ready for baby. I finally packed my hospital bag, his things are with mine. It's funny what you learn for the second time around. I remember checking into the hospital when we were going to have Bella, and we (I) had tons of stuff with me - with Ethan, I threw his clothes and blankets in with my stuff, we have ONE bag, and we're ready to go.
I am having a lot more contractions that I want to be having at this point. There will be a few good ones that I'll have to sit down for. Plus now that our little guy is head down and in the correct position, I have so much pressure it's ridiculous! I can't believe that in just 2 short weeks, I will get to hold my little boy!!
