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Still alive here and still waiting on baby (and I imagine we still have a few weeks to go yet). We were recently visited by our friends Jonathan and Sarah Hays and their brood last week. It was lovely to be with them and see some San Diegan sites. A few pictures were taken (not much since running after toddlers seems to negate picture taking) and I’ll post them soon. I was hoping for more adult time but that was nixed given we all got sick with some stomach bug or other over the course of the week. We’ll have to have a vacation together when our kids are older and no one is pregnant!

When I had the lovely stomach bug it did bring on contractions so it was good practice to be able to breath through them and try to get my mind elsewhere. I found taking a bath and praying that God do with my body what He willed the most helpful and these seemed to ease my anxiety about labor. I’m 38 weeks pregnant tomorrow and I’m hoping Dos will make his appearance somewhere between the 39th and early in the 40th week. I know that the OBs in my practice will likely want to schedule a c-section for 41 weeks, and I’m prepared to push against that if everything looks healthy, but it’d be nice to not have to deal with that at all. A girl can hope right?

Bryce goes out of town for 48 hours tomorrow morning, so I do pray that nothing starts before he returns. I’m waiting until after he gets back to take some homeopathic stuff that are supposed help get one ready for labor. I’ve washed baby clothes, blown up the birth ball, bought some newborn diapers and bought some labor snacks and toiletries for the hospital. Still to do:
1. Get a music playlist ready (any suggestions?)
2. Buy more Fuzzi Bunz in size small.
3. Find bassinet insert for Pack ‘n Play.
4. Pack hospital bag and bag for Ezra.
5. Get out newborn carseat.
6. Buy and begin taking homeopathic stuff incl. red raspberry leaf tea to help prepare for labor.

Ladies from church threw me a lovely shower on Sunday afternoon. The baby received some cute clothes (all his own and not hand-me-downs!), a sweet knitted cap, some Babies R Us gift cards, a musical bouncer seat, items for making baby food and get this: my double stroller!! It’s already been put together courtesy of my handy husband.

This entry was posted by Ashley on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 11:57 am. This entry was tagged with birth, Dos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.