Waiting for baby

This is actually my last week without an appointment, so I thought I'd do an update on how waiting for Baby Rhody is going.

At 35.5 weeks, I keep trying to remind myself that I could be pregnant for another 6.5 weeks. In reality though. I am seeing signs that labor is getting closer, and I am starting to get excited. Of course, I don't stay excited long, when I remind myself that none of these signs mean that I'll go into labor SOON; they just mean that labor is coming ... eventually.

And so I'm on this rollercoaster, oscillating between feeling like Baby Rhody could fall out at any minute and thinking that Baby Rhody is never going to come. Clearly, the truth is probably somewhere in between.

I felt Baby Rhody start to drop 1.5 weeks ago, around 34 weeks. It hit me after I'd taken my belly picture for that week that I could bend over again without having the wind knocked out of me. No one could really tell though, and my coworker, who was feeling my belly yesterday (with permission!), was surprised at how low the baby was kicking. Today someone actually noted that I do look lower, so maybe it's starting to be noticable from the outside.

I have been having a lot more pelvic pains recently as well and cramping on and off. I remind myself that these are all good signs that my body is doing what it's supposed to do to get ready for labor.

Now that the weather is nice, I have been trying to walk around the parking lot at work. I don't expect these short walks to put me into labor, but I want to keep in shape to give myself the best chance at an unmedicated birth. If it makes Baby Rhody snuggle in deeper into my pelvis, that's a bonus.

So the signs are clearly pointing to my having a baby eventually, which is good. Preferably, I'd like Baby Rhody to hold up another week or so, but we'll see. I truly believe that babies come when they are ready.

I probably should get started on packing that hospital bag.