39 Weeks

I am super surprised to be writing out another post this week! I really thought for sure she'd be here by now but clearly she's keeping us guessing.  I was 38W and 5 days with Harper and they say that subsequent babies often come earlier and quicker.  Combining that with the fact that I am a much busier little lady these days we just knew she would be here at least by then.  But, clearly we were wrong! :)  Maybe she's hoping to share a birthday with her mama?!

I'm feeling great this week, actually much better than last.  For whatever reason the swelling has gotten a lot better in my feet and I'm much less sore.  We had a fun weekend complete with a trip to Keeneland to watch the Derby and 9 holes on the golf course... I figured for sure the combination of all our excessive walking would induce some labor ;)

We're considering being induced and plan to talk to the doctor about it at my appt tomorrow.  I've really gone back and forth on this for a lot of reasons.  I figure in general babies come out when they're good and ready, which likely makes things easier/safer for mom and baby.  But, with as quickly as labor went with Harper and the predicted decrease in time in labor for baby #2, it makes me so extremely anxious.  Not to mention it's not like we can just drop everything and go to the hospital since we have Harper.  Uncle Dave might be getting paged out of the OR to come babysit if we get in a bind! ;)  Anyways, we will see what we end up deciding.  It seems so weird to potentially pick out a birth date for a baby.  Though I would love to share a birthday it seems a bit vain to purposefully choose her to have the same birthday as me ;)

Well, if she holds out until next week and we decide not to induce, we have one more fun weekend planned as a family of 3 :)  We're going down to Thursday night live for some pizza tonight, birthday cake and date night Friday night, get to see Miss Olivia for her soccer game in Lexington Saturday and hopefully a relaxing Mother's day at home Sunday!  I was born the day before Mother's day and always took great pride in being Mom's best ever mother's day gift so maybe that's what she is planning as well ;)

My favorite OB long ago predicted that I would deliver at 39W1D... which is tomorrow!  We will see!! :)

How far along: 39

Total Weight Gain: 33

Stretchmarks:  Nope

Sleep: up a few times at night

Best Moment This Week: enjoying last few days as a family of 3

Movement: feeling pretty cramped in there

Gender: Baby girl!!

Labor Signs: a lot, lot of contractions

Belly Button: pretty much always out a little bit

What I Miss: cute clothes! and laying comfortably on my back

 What I am Looking Forward to:  so many things! doctors appt, birthday celebrations, mother's day :)

Milestones: officially more pregnant than I have ever been before ;)