No baby yet.....boo

That's pretty much it...... sincerely, Joanna

Another "baby" update

Well, the doctor's appointment went well on Wednesday. I'm between 2-3 cm dilated, and definitely 50% effaced and the baby was at -1 station (so he's "dropped"). The doctor basically said "all we're waiting for now is for you to start having some contractions"--which of course means that it'll be another two weeks........ *sigh*. Let's just say I'm ready to get this thing started. I'm definitely feeling the baby sitting low, lots of pelvic pressure, having to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes, etc. But no "real" contractions. Hardly even the "fake" ones. Stinkpot (as I have come to lovingly refer to the mass of baby inside) is running out of room, but he doesn't seem too interested in finding more space. Again....... *sigh*. Of course, technically the due date isn't til next Wednesday (the 25th), but it feels like I'm carrying around a ton of bricks already, and the idea of having to carry around all this weight for several more weeks is depressing (putting it mildly). Anyway, my Mom got in yesterday and is actually headed to Texas for a couple of days before coming back. She's hoping there'll be a baby for her to meet when she gets back! Yeah, me too!

Doctor's update

For anyone keeping up..... I went into the Doctor's yesterday for the 38 week check-up, hoping to hear some good news. I've been feeling so much heavier and really exhausted lately, and so I keep thinking.. "there's no way I can do this for four more weeks!" So Ben and I went in with fingers crossed, hoping the doc would be able to notice a little something going on. And there's definitely a little something going on! He said I was about 2cm dilated and between 25-50% effaced! Yey, that means SOMETHING is happening. Of course, he did add that I could stay like this for several weeks (that was a bit discouraging), but then he said I really could "go" any day now! Let's hope for that one! We're pretty much all set to go, and Ben't getting a bit of cabin fever not having much to do around here! So c'mon baby, let's get this show on the road!

Recent trip, cont..

Okay, so I'm still figuring out how to put more pictures on the same post, so here are some more pictures from the trip. Did I forget to mention that Ben, Allan, and Dad got to go waterskiing? Yeah, I wasn't even allowed on the boat! I guess nobody wanted any chances of having a baby born too early!

Recent trip

So we took a trip at the beginning of June (much to the dismay of many older ladies at the church I might add!) out to Charleston, SC. The doctor had given me the go ahead the day before we took off, so it seemed as if all would go off without a hitch! And it did for the most part. Of course it took a little longer, considering all the stopping we had to do. Let's just say that having a baby boy's head sitting squarely on your bladder doesn't exactly make travelling any easier! But we managed to survive. We got to visit the beach, visit two plantations (Boone Hall with a friend of ours from SC, and Magnolia Plantation with Mom, Dad, Allan, and his girlfriend Jessica), stay in downtown Charleston for a night (pretending to live the "high life"!), and even attend a free orchestra concert (They were having the popular "Spoleto Arts Festival" while we were there, so that was rather neat). But most of all we got to enjoy spending time with my family, since Mom and Dad flew out (they were anxious to "see" their grandson, even though he's still safely tucked away), and of course Allan was there. We were sad Danya and Paul couldn't make it, but all in all we had a nice time together. Anyway, now we're back at home. Ben's working on some more housing projects (kitchen floor is done, whoo hoo!). I'm waddling around trying to find things to keep me busy, and taking more and more naps (which I'm finding I'm enjoying!), and continuing to be amazed at how big a pregnant belly can actually get! But mostly we're just getting excited and thinking ahead to when we finally get to hold our little guy. It's getting close...........!