39 Weeks, 1 day pregnant
T-6 days until baby's due date
My SIL is 37 weeks today! Happy full-term day, sister!! Her blog is here :)
So, holy hell, I have less than a week to go before my due date. At this point Carter had already been born and was 3 days old. For the record, I think this baby is coming on Wednesday. I have no idea why, but Wednesday, October 29th is the day in my head. We'll see if he (and my uterus) agrees.
In terms of the labour watch/bumpdate there is absolutely nothing of interest to report. Literally, not one thing. I'm the most boring pregnant woman around, folks.
For once, a short prelude, so onto my three good things for today:
1. I am super excited that my SIL is 37 weeks today. When she texted me, roughly 2 weeks after I found out I was pregnant and told me that she thought she was too, I was so excited, but also scared. What if one of us miscarried? What if things were much harder on one than the other? But here we are, both at the end, having gone through this crazy experience together. Our relationship hasn't always been rainbows and butterflies. There was a long period (like 4-ish years) where we didn't talk at all or, when we did, it wasn't pretty. Since reconciling, things have been completely different (I think the fact that we both grew up a lot and came to one another with open and forgiving hearts helped; we reconciled as different people, I think) and to have experienced our pregnancies together has really been a bonding experience that we've been so fortunate to share.
Her doctor thinks baby will come early though. Janette has what's called an incompetent cervix, which puts her at risk for pre-term labour. She explains it much better than I can in her blog post here. The fix, as you will read in her post, is a stitch that they put in her cervix (oh the many, many joys we women are fortunate enough to experience...) to lock that sucker up like the state pen to ensure that no baby will even consider thinking about making an early exit. Anyway, I gave you all that pre-ramble because that stitch of hers comes out tomorrow morning and between that and her doctor's sense that the baby will make her way here prior to Halloween, I will be glued to my phone, waiting for that all-important "it's go time" text from her.
This is such an exciting time in my life and I feel grateful for it. I'm excited to watch my body to see when my "go-time" is and at the same time, I get to be excited for my SIL, as she is on a labour watch of her own. AND, last but not least, I get another niece to love out of the whole thing. All we need now is for the birth of two healthy babies to take place and we're set.
2. Man oh man, Jeff and I were productive today. Our pre-baby to-do lists continue to get shorter and shorter.
3. After my crazy productive morning, I awarded myself with a nap while Carter had his nap. It was heavenly.
So... bets on when the newest little Peters will be here. Do ya'll buy my Wednesday or are we sticking with what baby's dad thinks and going with Halloween?
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