Well today is Sunday, April 25, and according to my doctor and all things preggo-calendar related, I am officially FULL TERM! That's 37 weeks for those of you who are familiar with week counting, or 9+ months for all you non-pregnant people. I still have another 3 weeks until my due date of May 15 (for a long-ass total of 40 weeks or 10 months preggo) but baby "V" is a fully developed little human now and is all ready to face the world and breathe on her own!
From this point on, her job is just to gain weight... so I'm PRAYING that she decides to come soon. The difference between delivering a 7lb baby vs. an 8lb. baby (let alone a 10lb. baby!) is HUGE. Literally. My girlfriend had a 6lb. something oz baby for BOTH of her pregnancies, and both labors were only a whopping 4 hours long. She delivered early with both of her babies too... lucky bitch. ;p I hope hope HOPE I will get to tell a similar story in a few short weeks, BUT, if little V is anything like her mother, she'll hang out in there for as long as possible -- avoiding this massive 'change' to the cold outside world. I don't blame her really.
She hasn't "dropped" yet... which means she's still sitting right under my ribcage & making sitting/eating/sleeping/pretty much everything uncomfortable... but I guess that's better than sitting even heavier on my bladder (?!) It's all varying degrees of discomfort I guess. They say that if it's your first, the baby drops 2 weeks before you give birth. BUT, they also say that sometimes it's the next day. Or if it's your second child, you may not 'drop' at all... so, pretty much it's that typical pregnancy prediction... she could be born tomorrow, she could be born 10 days after her due date. You know, that whole 'exact science that is pregnancy' thing.
Luckily Brad & I have been keeping busy with a TV project we're developing together, and are on an application deadline of this Thursday... then after that, we get to finish the nursery so I'll get the fun task of cleaning & organizing closets & putting away all the clothes & stuff we've been storing in that room for months... (The keg that was in the nursery has finally made it's way back to the hotel..! Thanks Blake!) So there are projects to distract us from spending every second of every day counting down... but we are READY. And just so excited to MEET our little girl!!
Alright. I've spent the afternoon blogging and getting pampered by my lovely cousin, Michelle right here in my living room... (she comes over every couple of weeks and does my nails and waxes my legs) and now it's time to pay attention to my pups & my husband. Yes, likely in that order.
Ta ta! xo
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