Yes, I am still pregnant

Even though I'm only a day or two past my due date, I am getting slightly impatient... but from what I hear, good things come to those who wait. I saw my midwife yesterday and all is well. My belly now measures 40cm from bottom to top (it should measure the same number of centimeters as you are weeks pregnant) and Little T's heart rate is healthy and steady. Other good news is that my iron count finally went up. After being anemic through this whole pregnancy, I am now just 'borderline' anemic, which is an improvement and way better for labor and delivery. My midwife also noticed a spike in my generally rather low blood pressure. Nothing to worry about yet, but something to watch, or maybe just some signs of pre-labor. She found that I am between 1-2 cm dilated. I could stay that way for another week or so, but she also said that is pretty significant compared with many first babies. We'll see... I guess I'm just along for the ride now.

We finished up baby's room a while ago and I've been meaning to post pictures for quite some time. We left a bed in there figuring it would be handy for me once the baby is out of our room... and we wanted to keep a space for our visitors. Everything fits really nicely and I'm very happy with the cuteness factor. Yellow is one of my favorite colors so it was fun keeping it pretty much gender neutral. 

Looking forward to sharing some good news very soon! So excited to find out if Little T is a he or a she!!! 

39!!!

There's really nothing left to do but wait!

Here's the latest of the belly =)

38 Weeks

This babe has done plenty of growing in the past few weeks, and I can't believe how giant my belly looks. My hips and lower back have been sore lately, but overall I'm still feeling great... if not a little impatient. At this point baby is cooked and can come anytime between now and early April! My fingers and toes are crossed that it's sooner rather than later!

just because I couldn't resist....

Being that my due date is 3 weeks away, we pulled out our baby gear and thought we should give it a test run. And who better to try out the new stuff than the little dog?

We also got some great news from the doctor today! We found out that I won't be needing a cesarean. I mentioned it before on here, but in November we found out I had a low lying/partial placenta previa... if it didn't move far enough away from the birth canal, it would have been too dangerous to deliver naturally. We had a scan at 32 weeks and it was still too close and thought that the c-section might be inevitable. BUT they rechecked it yesterday and I got the report from both my midwife and the OB today that everything is fine, and it has moved far enough out of the way. So I've let the baby know he or she can come anytime now. We also found out that it's estimated to weigh 7lbs 6oz ALREADY. I'm not sure how accurate that really is, but it has me a little worried we are going to have a mammoth baby. So, better make your guesses in the pool before time runs out. My due date is fast approaching......