38 weeks pregnant..... and all is well

I had my 38 week appointment today. Everything looks great! My blood pressure is lower than most non-pregnant people's. I've lost 1/2 pound from last week. The baby is responding well to stimulus. We couldn't ask for anything better! Looks like these last few weeks shouldn't be too tough.

Last week, the doctor said that the baby was still pretty high. But this week doctor said the baby is moving lower. That's a good sign! I did not get my cervix checked. I have no use for that information. I'm a very Zen pregnant woman these days.

I'm not really feeling any contractions to speak of. Oh, a handful of times I've gotten hit with one that takes my breath away but they are not consistent and never occur in succession. It'll be like one contraction then nothing for 3 or 4 days. I feel a sudden surge of pressure in my pelvis fairly often, but I think those are just baby moving its head around down in there.

Baby's movement has slowed down, so I don't have crazy-psycho gymnast in there anymore. It's a nice change!

So, even though we've got 2 weeks to the due date, we have FOUR weeks till we absolutely have to kick the baby out on January 4th. So no matter what, we'll have a baby within the next 28 days. Please cross your fingers for me that I don't have to be induced. I don't want that! I don't care if I have to wait till January 3rd, I just want baby to come on its own.

Here's my 38 week belly:



cool pictures to come tomorrow -- we're doing a belly cast tonight!

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