38 weeks...really...its not over?

This last weekend Andrew and I went on our "baby moon" to Charleston SC. It was a GREAT trip! We were able to stay in an amazing hotel courtesy of my Dad and his wife Yvonne. It was only two minutes from our friends Andy and Jenny so we got to spend a lot of time with them. I had never stayed in Charleston...but now I want to live there.

I'm not sure what I was grabbing there but Andrew seems
to think its funny!

Me and Jenny after eating at The Library

It's Thursday now and we went to see Dr. Arronte to check on the boy. He measured 36 1/2cm and his heart was going at 155bpm. I have now dilated 1cm and am about 50% effaced. She seemed very pleased with that, but that still puts us at his arrival likely being at least a few days after the due date. Oh yea, and she could feel his little head so it turns out he has dropped and I just didn't really notice. Since he measured smaller she checked my amniotic fluid level with an ultrasound and it was absolutely fine. So he's just measuring smaller because he's sitting so much lower now.

I have to say, all and all, this pregnancy thus far has been an easy one. Considering all of the change that naturally happens with this sort of event, I feel VERY fortunate its pretty much localized its self to my tummy. Andrew has been so cool with the whole process, even though he's trying to send me into labor every day now! Its such a strange dichotomy at this stage. I'm so comfortable with this little life and talk to him every day, play with him (as much as I can with him being inside my body!). Yet when I see him in an ultrasound, it hits me there is a real, fully grown infant in there that I am about to be so very responsible for. That's a real baby that I will see at some point, not just my imaginary....kicking, hicuping, friend. 

Its going to be great.