35 Weeks, 4 days!

So anyone who has talked to me in the recent week or so, I have been constantly saying, "I am so ready for Lily to come out!". Last night after a quick trip to the ER, I realized how much I am not prepared for her to come at all! I will get back to that in a bit (and yes everything is still fine!).

I had my last check up and ultrasound on Monday. The tech estimated her to be 5 lbs 13 ounces, still in the 48 percentile and I am so happy to say our child is "completely average" haha. They are predicting her to be around the average size which is 7 lbs, but like I said...it is a complete estimate by just measuring her body length. She is still in head down position, so I'm happy to say she is a planner and ready to go! :) The tech gave her the nickname "Wiggly Lily" because every time she does my ultrasound, Lily continuously knees or kicks the wand. She pretty much hangs out constantly on my right side, which as you can imagine is super uncomfortable. Because she still moves around so much, I get lots of strange looks when out in public at my moving, lopsided stomach. As you can see from the picture below, I am gigantic. Again, every time I am out people stare at me like I am going to give birth any second. Complete strangers smile at me uncomfortably and ask "how are you, sweetheart?" constantly. Today at the hair salon a man sitting next to me said, "Try not to have that baby in here, darling...but if you do, my daughter is on the way and she is a doctor!" haha.

 Gracie is becoming crazy interested in all of Lily's furniture, swing, etc. that we have now strategically set around the house. JF sometimes pretends he is holding something in his arms and she goes crazy trying to sniff it haha. Below is a picture of JF trying to calm Lily down while playing the drums on my right hip bone. Gracie quickly joined in on the fun, sniffing like crazy!

So onto last night's escapades... Shortly after laying down for bed, I had to use the bathroom which I did. I walked to the sink, washed my hands and started to walk into the bedroom. After taking two steps from the sink, I said "Oh my gosh!" and ran back to the bathroom. I told JF that a small "gush" of liquid just came out, but it seemed way too little to be my water breaking. I told him that it had no smell, it appeared to be clear and felt like nothing I have felt during the pregnancy. After googling for a bit, we decided I should call the doctor's after hours line. After speaking to the doctor on call (who was clearly sleeping haha), he told me he wanted me to go to the ER and get checked out.
It was a good run through of what will eventually happen though because JF and I had never been to the Jupiter ER before. The guy at the ER walked us up to the Birthing Unit, where some very nice nurses met me. They had me change into a gown and hooked me up to check Lily's heartbeat and my contractions. She did a test which swabs and checks to see if any amniotic fluid is present. I said to her, "If I have a little leakage, my doctor would typically just tell me to relax to stop the leaking?". She smiled and said, "well it is up to your doctor, but no. Typically when you are this far along, they would induce you because the possibility of an infection is much greater than her being born a few weeks early". This response of course made me panic, big time. All this time I thought I was so ready, but the thought of her coming before I hit the 37th week really made me nervous (even though lots of babies are born earlier and are just fine). It could also be just the thought of giving birth in general haha. So after being there for about an hour and a half, the nurse came in and said, "Good news, Lily can stay in for a little longer the fluid is negative!". I of course was a bit embarrassed by this and said, "well that is embarrassing, that basically means I peed my pants...". She laughed and said, "Honey, if this is the first time in 35 weeks you have peed your pants a little, you are way further than most women!".
So long story short, I peed my pants, called my sleeping doctor, and went to the ER! haha.

So everyone is still doing great and one of our projects is almost finished! Anyone who has been to our house, knows we have a very long, odd hallway. We decided to add a doorway from our front room to the end of the hallway to make the layout flow a bit better. It might help some warm spots we have in the back rooms and will allow Mum to be closer to her bathroom. Paul, the handyman started this morning and almost finished. He just needs to return tomorrow to finish the threshold and the doorknob. We love it and think it looks great! I hope everyone is still having a great new year. Since I am home from work now, I might post more often...or lay around on the couch doing nothing... ;)

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