{ V-Baby }: { PROGRESS! 36 Weeks! }

There is NO raining on my parade today! We had our check up this morning and I’m 1 cm dilated and 90% effaced! I know I could stay this way until the day he’s supposed to come, but it was great to hear that progress was being made! Doctor Taylor says “Wow! You’re cervix is way ahead! You can go tell all your friends how proud your doctor is of your cervix today!” – So I’m telling you all! :)

We had a little scare last week, which lead to having a lot of anxiety going in to the doctor this week. Oliver’s heart beat was between 105 -110 last week and it worried the doctor enough to put me on a monitor for 20 minutes to watch it. His heart rate would spike in the 140s and 150s but then drop back down in to 115 or so. We then had to have an ultrasound to make sure Ollie got all his “points”. They do this ultrasound to check his movement, his amniotic fluid, and his other measurements. He passed all his tests just fine. His measurements actually put him about a week ahead of schedule. The head measured WAY ahead! Almost 39 weeks! When the ultra sound tech tells us his head measurements, Mister goes “sorry lady!” ha! Funny, but yet a little scary! We're so glad that everything was ok and that we got to see our little man again, but when they tell you that the heart beat is a little too slow and you need to be hooked up to a monitor instantly – puts you into a state of panic and an instant flow of tears! Being there alone when all this was happening was scary enough! I’m so glad my mister is close enough that he got there super-fast and was there to comfort me. It’s crazy how much I love this kid already and worry like crazy that everything is going to be ok!

Mister was sure to come along to this appointment today and make sure everything was good to go after last week. I didn't think I really needed him there, but it was sure nice to have him there. The “unknown” is just a little too scary at this point, and having someone there with me puts me at ease. Our doctor was impressed with our progress and said that if we had it him today everything would be just fine! But he said “don’t have him Friday of this week through Wednesday of next week because I’ll be out of town!” - On the way back from the appointment I told Mister that I’m going to get out and get some major walking in so we can keep this progress moving and he goes “well… maybe you wait until Wednesday of next week” ha! There’s just something comforting about having your doctor there. I know he’s not there for most of it, other than to catch the kid as he comes out, but still. He’s been there the entire time; I’d really like to have him there when it comes down to go time! And all Mister’s siblings will be gone that week on vacation and I’d be bummed if none of them made it to the hospital!

We had our baby shower on Saturday in St James. It was great to see everyone and get so much stuff! There’s so much more that comes with a baby then you’d ever think! And then just when you think you've got way too much stuff, there are still things you need!

Between the nice weather and all the neat stuff we got this weekend, it was a perfect weekend! I spent most of yesterday afternoon washing baby clothes and putting everything away. (which by the way, a basket of baby clothes, takes FOREVER to fold! Geesh! Tiny little getups!) Mister spent a lot of time outside in the yard and with the dog. It’s hard to not be antsy now for Oliver to get here so we can all spend time outside when it’s this nice!

Here are some photos from the shower.