So time continues to pass me by, I am now 37 weeks and 3 days and ready for this baby to get out. At my last doc visit I was dilated to a 2 and 60 effaced. I spent the week getting all my things in order just in case. I spent the weekend have contractions that were more of a discomfort than anything, and they were not very regular. I tried all my know tricks to help them along, taking walks and doing laundry(going up and down stairs), but to no avail, he is stubbornly staying in. It seems anytime I lay down for a rest/nap my contractions stop completely, so exhausting, I can't stay moving all the time. I was very sure I was getting ready to have him, cause I have cleaned like crazy, and folded all the laundry. That whole nesting thing is just silly, I think it is just that you stop and look around and see that you haven't done anything for awhile and it gets to you so you start cleaning everything within an inch of its life. Don't get me wrong, it is nice to see everything in its place and the inch of dust gone from your dresser.
I will see my doc again tomorrow, and I am hoping that all the teasing contractions over the weekend did some good.
One of the biggest reason I wanted this kid out this weekend is that the 24th is my brother-in-laws birthday and the 25th is my sister-in-law and her daughters birthday. Not that sharing a birthday with an Uncle or Aunt would be so bad, but a cousin is a bit more difficult, think how hard it would be to have parties and such.
But enough of my whining. As for the rest of the family life has been good. Kenna stopped sucking her finger back in November and has not had a cold all winter long, she was even a brave girl and got the flu shot not the mist. Arianna has only had minor sniffles and stayed out of school a few extra days before the Christmas break. A week before Christmas my dad had a minor stroke that kept him in the hospital for 12 days, they did let him out for Christmas day and he spent it at our house. He is recovering well, his brain is still all there, he is just weak on his right side and it doesn't always respond to what his brain tells it to do. they also found that he has central apnea and now he has c-pap to sleep with. The took a good look at his heart and found the blockage that caused the stroke and put a stint in, his color looks better than it has in years. I only wish that his general doc had listened to him months ago when he told him it felt as if there was an elephant on his chest, maybe he would have seen cardio and had his blockage fixed and the stroke would never had happened. Today he is going in to have shock treatment on his heart to try and fix the arrhythmia that was caused by the stroke, hoping it will give him more strength and he will be less tried all the time.
What a busy and tiring past month this has been. PLEASE pray with me that baby boy will come out very soon and very quickly. I am done!
