Thursday, February 5, 2009

week 38's email update, seriously late:
Your baby has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds and she's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb. Wondering what color your baby's eyes will be? If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old.

this has been a good week for ohioans, at least my experience of them. it started when i got stella, the honda, stuck half in the drive and half out. a carload of guys stopped and gave me a push. which i think was really nice of them. and then the neighbor across the street came over with his bobcat, which is a funny little tractor that looks like something lego makes with a snow plow on the front, and plowed out our driveway and walkway. he told ben he was worried about me slipping. ben had been out with a shovel, but the ferocious ohio winds made that an exercise in futility. and, this really happened, then a snow plow took out the phone lines. sounds like something that is made up, kind of like when an errant bale of hay took out our mailbox. anyways, we had no phone for a couple of days and the repair guys were very nice and called and said because of my "extreme condition" they were going to make sure that we at least had phone service. and when they had to disconnect it again to continue repairs, they told me to come and tell them if i needed the phone. i thought that was really sweet. so, while i am really starting to hate winter (this was the coldest january in 20 years!!!) i am appreciating the people around me this week.

ben and i go in for the big baby ultra sound today and we're both nervous. neither of us are sure why. most likely the doctor is going to go, yep, that's a big baby. and that will be the end of it. i think we both just have mounting anxiety the closer we get to the due date. any time i call ben now his first question is are you in labor? and my mom answers her phone asking did you have the baby yet? believe me they will both know in plenty of time to experience this with me. =) after birthing class on monday i was again against the idea of giving birth. i thought this class was supposed to help. i have several mantras that i keep telling my self.
~thousands of women do this every day
~ most of the women i know are mothers and they survived, and some even had more than one kid
~my body has been thru some pain before and i tolerated it well. i mean i am sure it is nothing like child birth, but realistically i had part of my heart burnt away and that went ok, i had a tattoo on my spine for 8 hours and i survived that. i walked around with a fractured foot for 24 hours before seeing the doctor and i was ok. i think i have a fairly high pain tolerance. and my body is strong. i've taken better care of it these past 8 months than probably ever. so while i know i have no idea what kind of pain i am in for, i feel like i should be able to take it.
ben and i are gathering calming cds for the delivery room. so far nemo is going to be born to bob marley and paul simon. any other suggestions?
i will give a big baby update when we know more....


1 comment:

  1. You definitely need a woman's voice in there! How about Bonnie Rait??

    LOVE this journal!
    I think of you all the time now...and I'm suddenly seeing so many pregnant ladies!
    Aunt Resa

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