40 weeks and 4 days
Here I am at 38 weeks and 42 weeks & 3 days, respectively:
Today I am 40 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I have a doctor’s appointment this afternoon – this should be an interesting visit. We’ll check my progress and discuss an induction date. I’m really hoping I won’t need to be induced. In fact, I’ve been having some very mild contractions this morning … I’ve never had morning contractions before. And these are different – it feels like my whole stomach is steadily inflating, starting way down low and moving upward. It’s hard to tell what I’m experiencing when I’ve never gone through anything like this before. Part of me hopes this is the start of something, and the other part of me is completely freaked out by what might be in store if it is the real thing! I don’t think I’ll every truly feel ready for this. I’ve still got to load up the iPod with my “labor music.” I loaded a bunch of classical and jazz cds into iTunes last night. I wonder what I’ll actually want to listen to during the ordeal.
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You will breeze right through it. Well not exactly breeze, but you and your hubby will make it
and you will have wonderful Julianne to show for all your hard work! And it’s not that bad – why
do women go and have more than one baby!!
Wondering if you are having your baby?! Take care,
Jill
Thanks for the encouragement, Jill. I’m not having the baby yet, but I’ve been having some contractions, so that’s good.
I took my iPod to the hostpital, too. I listened to the soundtrack of Across the Universe, which is my new favorite movie.
It helped, I think.