Well I guess all those symptoms I was having last week were just symptoms of the late stages of pregnancy! The doctor's visit confirmed that I am not dilating or effacing yet. I guess I was mentally jumping the gun just a bit... but who could blame me? I'm HUGE and READY to hold my Anthony! Two and a half weeks until the due date but it's driving me more crazy to know it could happen at any time, but I don't know what that time maybe. Seeing as I'm not the most patient person in the world, this is very hard for me. Jocelyn sent out pics of her and her new baby and I'm envious that she's already got hers! I hope mine doesn't make me wait until the due date, or worse, even later.
Nothing else new to report. I'm still having the occasional BH contractionn but even those aren't coming very often. I'm not anticipating this week's doctor's visit telling me anything is happening yet. It just seems like something would be happening with my body to indicate that it was coming, but more often than that I hear about women who are completely surprised when their water just breaks one day.
We'll see! We know he'll be here soon so I'll try to be as patient as I can!
Will the cookie timer go off already??
Chantel
2007-03-01 (37 weeks)
Big, miserable, and anxious
March 1, 2007
Three weeks until the due date... is Mr. Anthony going to wait that long? Only Mr. Anthony knows! Since Sunday I've had a dramatic increase in braxton hicks, fetal movement, and over the past two days, naseau and frequent bowel movements. We go to the doctor today to check and see if I've started dilating or effacing yet. I'm really hoping they say I have! I can't imagine being like this for the next 3 weeks! I talked to my friend Jocelyn this morning... she had her baby last night! I'm so excited for her because she was due a week before me and we've commiserated together throughout our pregnancies. Actually I was planning to email her this morning to complain about being miserable and see how she was doing when I got the call that her baby had arrived. Gives me hope that Anthony may come a little early and put an end to this misery! I'm so excited about meeting my little prince!!!
Remains to be seen whether I'll still be updating in this journal for a few weeks to come!
