As I am waiting to deliver my beautiful bundle of joy, I do have to admit that these past nine months have been better than I ever expected. Well actually it’s almost 10 months but who’s counting, right? I have been blessed with a wonderful husband, a healthy pregnancy and a wonderful support group around me. I could not ask for more. I am so excited and cannot wait to experience motherhood. Everything is ready and now all I am doing is waiting for her to make her grand entrance.
This month, just like all the others, has been great. I feel really good except for the swollen feet. I am still moving around against my doctors’ wishes for me to relax, but I am too much of a hyper person to sit at home. Though I do need to listen to him.
My friends at the dry cleaners are always yelling at me to stay home and relax, but I just can’t. Especially since what I thought was nesting before is nothing compared to the nesting that I am experiencing right now. My house is spotless. Sophia’s room is all put together. I even organized all my files and cleaned the garage. It is just too exciting. Everything has to be perfect for her.
I am also extremely excited about the fact that Kris and I found these wonderful photographers here in our valley to take our pregnancy photos.
They are a husband and wife team and are absolutely wonderful. Kris and I felt very comfortable with them and as an added bonus one of the photographers is a labor and delivery nurse here at our local hospital, so she was able to answer all my dumb questions. I love them. The pictures turned out to be one of the best things we ever did and they are gorgeous too. We are so thankful that they were able to capture our special moment.
I have now been seeing my doctor every week for checkups. He checks to see if I am effaced and if I am, at what percentage. He also checks my weight, my blood pressure, the protein in my urine, how much I am dilated and finally to see if the baby has dropped. So for now I am patiently waiting for her to decide when she would like to make her grand entrance.
Hopefully she will come sooner than later. Everyone keeps telling me that she will be huge, especially since both my husband and myself were big babies. All that I know is I do not want to be pushing out a 10-pound baby. So, Sophia you better come out soon.