We went yesterday and seems like the 24 hour rest is helping. I really haven’t progressed much since last week which is a good thing. I am a little over 1 dilated and still 80% effaced. She said my cervix is “really really soft” which still means labor can start anytime. Baby was still really low. My doctor is out of the office next week so Karlis and I feel fairly certain we will probably go into labor then, just our luck. We mentioned this to her and she said we better not cause it would still be too early. So Karlis for some strange reason said he could tie me upside down to the ceiling fan and that would help. Anyone know the weight limit for a ceiling fan? Something tells me I wouldn’t qualify these days. Speaking of Karlis he has been on a roll lately with saying things wrong. He asked me this week if I wanted some turkey bacon “crusty” instead of “crispy”. I told him I would pass on crusty bacon. We also have a quilt we use often that for some reason has developed some large rips in it (I have absolutely no idea why). My mom told him she might be able to get it sewn together at the home ec department at her school. Karlis asked me last night why my mom hadn’t taken the quilt to the “home wreck” department. Which I thought was a little ironic since this is exactly what this group is working against. He also visited a school lately and I asked what they had for lunch since that is the business I am in. He said it was a corndog and a cup full of jelly. I was like you have to be kidding. That makes no sense. He said yep it was jelly because HE saw it. After further discussion I figured out he meant jell-o. Going to get really interesting with a little one around. There is no telling what words she will learn from her daddy. Ok, so back to the baby topic. One interesting thing from the appointment was I finally got up the nerve to ask her just how big I was measuring. I am measuring at 41 weeks, yep my poor body looks like I am officially a week past due and we really have 4 more weeks to go. Karlis managed to tell me on two different occasions yesterday “you are huge”. Thanks sweetie, love you too! The hugeness really isn’t a problem until it is time to lie down flat and sleep. Gravity is not on my side these days. I keep picturing a big pool of warm water. I feel like this is where I would be the most comfortable. Unfortunately we have no pool in our back yard. So I will continue to drag my body in and out of the bed. This process comes with many not so desirable sound effects of breathing heavy, moaning, maybe a few cuss words (it’s the middle of the night, give me a break). Therefore Karlis has recently told me he feels like he is sleeping with a “dude”. Thanks honey, love you too!
So that’s where we are. We go back on Tuesday for another check by some strange doctor I don’t know. Can’t wait!
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