Week 37 Check-up

Today I had a home visit from Andi, the other midwife that works with Jill. My belly measurement was still 36 cm . Andi said that could be because baby may be sitting lower in the pelvis, but she felt he/she was a good size for how far along I was.
Baby's heart rate was 125-135 beats per minute, which is good. My blood pressure was 115/75.
Baby was on the right side and anterior(with his/her back to my belly) today. At the last appointment, baby was slightly posterior(with his/her back to my back) and on the left side. The two or three times before that it was on the left and anterior(which is the best position for birth). Baby must think it can do what ever it wants in there! Andi said it felt like there was a good amount of fluid in there, too.
The x-mas presents are almost all bought, wrapped, and under the tree(2 weeks until X-mas Eve!), the birth kit is ready, the pool is all blown up, and I'm pretty excited to go into labor. So, I guess that means we're ready for a baby appearance any time now!
Andi said any time I'm ready. I wish it was that easy! It has nothing to do when I'm ready, that's up to baby. We all hope he or she is ready soon!!! I'm kind of hoping for next week or weekend sometime. This weekend is going to be too busy.
I've only been having Braxton-Hicks contractions, at least I'm pretty sure that's what they are. Sometimes I feel some "twinges" down low, so I'm looking at this as a positive sign that baby is on it's way or that my body is getting ready.
Hope you all enjoyed your snow day yesterday!

Flora Reads

It's amazing how big Flora is getting!  Here she is playing in the pod with Rainy.  Val gave it back to us and they had to check it out before it got put away.  Below she is sleeping in it, Up North, when she was 3 months and actually fit in it.  

Yesterday I had my 36 weeks appointment with Jill.  It was pretty short.  My belly measured 36 cm and I gained 2 more pounds.  Must have been the double Thanksgiving meals! :)

Overall, I have been feeling good.  I'm starting to get uncomfortable , though.  It's mostly all the pressure of baby's butt on my ribs that bothers me the most.  That and feeling filled to max capacity.  I can handle it though.  We have about a month to go!

Snow Fun!

This morning most of us woke up to a beautiful downy blanket of snow.  Of course Flora and I took advantage of this and played a little in the first decent snow of the season.

Flora explored the snow while I shoveled the sidewalk and threw it at Mocha(she actually loves that!).  

When my work was done, Flora went for a little ride in her sled that she got last year for x-mas.  I guess we better put a new sled on her wish list because she seems to have out grown the one from last year.  At least the baby will be able to use it this winter.

After a few laps around the yard, Flora played in her "playground".  She went down the slide once and then decided to clean the snow off the picnic table and the turtle sandbox.   Then it was time to go in and warm up.

 Hope you all enjoyed the snow as much as we did!!  Have a great day!

35 weeks...

Hi again, I just was looking at my first "Belly Book" and noticed that I was pretty much wearing the same outfit at 35 weeks as I am today, at 35 weeks.  So I thought that you all would like to see so you can compare, too.  You'll have to let me know what you think!  I put a poll on the right side of the screen.

The picture on the top is my current pregnancy and the bottom one is with Flora.

Flora has a pretty good cold going right now.  It started yesterday.  She must have gotten it from Tom, because he has one, too.  She is being a trooper with all the nose wiping, though.  

To top that off she got a pretty good diaper rash from eating an orange yesterday, which puts my traditional cold remedy of drinking a whole carton of OJ out of commission.