Thursday, August 14, 2008

Quite Productive

So I've been definitely getting more done lately in nervousness that the dr. just may be right that I'll go into labor before next Monday. So far I've gotten almost all the laundry done, the house isn't in shambles, the plants and flowers are still alive (yeah, go me), the bathroom is clean, we've had good dinners this week (thanks to a little help from my husband!), I returned late library books, changes the baby's primary care physician, and booked a dr appt for Little man this morning so he can get his paperwork filled out to go to preschool. I still have to finish packing for the hospital, finalize the birth plan and get the nursery more organized. Maybe I am nesting?????

On to other things.............
  • I have to call today to find out about my Group B strep test. They totally forgot to tell me the results at my last appt.
  • We go to the dr. at 9:30am. Little man needs one vaccination so I've been preparing him that he'll be getting a shot. So far he seems okay about it but we'll see when we actually get in there. This was a fiasco because Little man's primary care physician retired and I never got notice. I've been dealing with changing to a new one and making sure all the paperwork is where it's supposed to be all week.
  • Heading to Tar.get for some last minute things for the baby and then Little man's preschool supplies and backpack.
  • Found the exact sit and stand stroller I want for the boys on Craigs.list for $40 and it's only one year old and retails for over $150 so I'm really hoping it's still available, impatiently waiting :)
  • I have my friend's resume to look over and critique because she's moving to Mary.land from Flor.ida and is looking for new teaching jobs. I did her reference letter yesterday.
  • I'm starting to have very high anxiety that this baby isn't head down. The end of this pregnancy is progressing just like Little mans and I'm worried. If I make it until Monday I'm going to beg, plead, cry, do whatever I have to to try to get an ultrasound to see if this baby is in fact head down. I was dialated to 3 with Little man and pretty much in the same situation but he wasn't head down, yet they kept telling me he was. The only saving grace that I have is that this dr told me that the heart beat was strongest down low which tends to signify that he is head down, the other dr with Little man never mentioned anything about the heartbeat. Also, he told me that I was pretty much thinned out and I'm not sure if I was or not with Little man, can't recall.
  • This is the hardest stage of pregnancy. Everyone keeps telling me that I'm probably at the point where I just want him out and that I'm probably very uncomfortable. Actually I'm doing great and I feel great. If anything I want to meet him and that's the reason I'd like to deliver. Though, as I mentioned in my previous post I also wouldn't mind staying pregnant a little longer so I can wrap my mind around having two kids and how I'm going to cope and manage. The main reason why I have a hard time around the last three weeks is just because everything is so up in the air. I don't know how/when I'm going to go into labor, if he's actually head down, if I'll be able to have a successful VBA.C, if I'll end up having to have a C-sec.tion again, if I'll have to be induced, and the list goes on and on........ I'm a planner/organizer and this is just very up in the air, it creates anxiety for me.

Okay I have to go shower and get ready before Little man wakes up so we can get ready to head to the dr. this morning.

1 comment:

Maremone said...

All that working and walking, no wonder your so thinned out :) I can't tsk tsk you though, I'm totally a planner, tasker, organizer too and there's no way anyone can get me settled with a new baby on the way :)

I read this post yesterday and it made me think of you. I really hope you are able to VBAC, I know first hand how great birth plans and expectations can be, but this post reminded me of how when we don't get to vaginally deliver, we are still doing what's best for our baby. Here's the link: http://furtheradventuresofme.blogspot.com/2008/08/b-c-section.html

I'm praying though that the head is down and you get the birth you want :)