37 weeks and counting
Well, I’m 37 weeks pregnant today, which is considered full term. Yeah! Now if I could just convince him to come on out. I’m pretty sure it’s wishful thinking since none of my babies has ever come before 39 weeks.
I did have an ultrasound last Friday and received some good news. It appears that this little guy (whom we’ve decided to name ROWAN) is almost a full pound lighter than Lily was at this stage (she measured well over 7lbs while he is only measuring around 6.5 lbs.). This was good to hear since I was facing a scheduled c-section if he was as big or bigger than she was. Now the doc thinks it will be ok for me to have a vbac if I want to. Rowan should only weigh about 8-8.5 lbs by 40 wks.
I would really like him to come this weekend so I could be out of the hospital by the Fourth of July. I don’t want to spend the holiday in the hospital if I can avoid it. If not this weekend, then hopefully he’ll wait until the weekend after so I can enjoy the holiday with the girls first.
Madie is having a pretty good summer so far. She has been attending various summer camps being offered through her school that help to keep her busy. She has also had plenty of neighbor kids to play with, which is a big help to me.
Lily continues to be a force to reckon with each day. While I enjoy her immensely, I can’t remember it ever being this hard to keep up with a toddler, even when I was pregnant with Madie and Ben was an 18mo. old. Of course, I’m older now, and I live in a much bigger house, and I also have a 7yr. old to contend with. Thank goodness Madie is such a big help and often doesn’t mind playing with Lily if I need her to.
What will life be like with 3 of them you ask? I have no idea, but I know that I can handle it, even if it’s just one day at a time!
Hopefully my next post will be a baby announcement! Until then, I hope everyone is having a great summer and staying cool.
