Another pregnancy update - 38 weeks

Amazingly, two weeks have passed since the last time I updated about my pregnancy progress.  I can't say very much of anything interesting has happened in the last two weeks unless you count the amount of swelling going on in my ankles and feet!  I found out I was group B strep negative, which is a little relief since I won't have to run off to the hospital early to ensure that I get all of the doses of antibiotics, leaving my mom (and hopefully dad) a bit of extra time to make the 6-7 hour drive here.  I'd love to have mom in the delivery room with me again, its just nice to have some trusted female support, but obviously my first concern is to make sure that Noah is being looked after and is happy.  Depending on when the little one decides to come and what my dad's work schedule is like, we may have Pepere here on Noah duty and Memere in the delivery room.  If Pepere's work is too busy though, then we'll have Memere at home with Noah and just Tim and I in the delivery room.  I am really fine with either plan.  Thankfully, we even have an eager backup/emergency person to look after Noah, Miss Nancy is so sweet and since Noah never wants to leave her place in the afternoons, I can't imagine he'll be all that upset to stay with her for a few hours while Memere & Pepere finish driving if that is the case.

In terms of how the baby is doing...she is great and seems super happy in there.  I am obviously anxious for her arrival so I can as the OB nurse put it last week "finally put down the baby for a few minutes."  We are all packed and ready to go, her room is ready and we even have last minute details taken care of.  The little lady just need to arrive and take up residence in the spot beneath her name on the wall!!  Like last time, we are letting the name "cat" out of the bag after she arrives, but its been decided upon for months now...not that it wasn't a long discussed and hard fought battle between Tim and I!!!


I am trying to hang in for the last couple of weeks without losing my mind.  I am just about done with all of my online course prep work for the fall, perhaps just a couple more days worth of work and then I am putting myself on vacation.  Both of my feet have officially swollen to the point of  no longer fitting into any shoes comfortably.  By the end of the day, I end up feeling like I have elastic bands across the tops of my feet.  The heat can't be helping, but sitting at the desk all day working on my course preps seems to be assisting in the swelling as well.  I've still been gaining weight at more than the typical 1-2 pounds per week, which is all excess water weight that I will at least not have to burn off at the gym once I am done being pregnant, but it is making for some sad trips to the doctor's office scale in the meantime.  Just in the last week, my blood pressure seems to be going up a bit, meaning I am now just slightly into the prehypertensive levels, but not enough to warrant an early delivery or a great deal of concern.  Time will tell if she is kind to me and decides to arrive before her official due date in just under 2 weeks or if she will have to be forcibly evicted.  Until then, let the waddling, excessive trips to the bathroom, Braxton Hicks contractions, and foot swelling continue!