Friday, January 27, 2006

Not sure if this means anything...

... but, according to the midwife, I'm fifty percent effaced. "Do you feel as if you have a baseball sitting on your bladder?" she wanted to know. Actually, yes. Yes, I do.

Cervix is only about a centimeter, though. And I completely forgot to ask anything about the baby's station in the uterus. Guess I was too shocked by the midwife's shock at how very low he is. "I'm touching his head," she said.

Midwife is wise, and necessarily circumspect. In her musings after the exam, she was a confounding oracle: "All can I predict for certain is that your baby will get here sometime in the next six weeks. [Six?!] If he wanted to come this week [week 36], we wouldn't stop him. But it would be extra nice if he could wait just one more week before making his appearance. One day soon, you won't make it to your weekly appointment, because you'll have delivered."

Must...resist...urge...to think birth is imminent. All my mom's pregnancies went slightly late. And, if this kid is anything like me—and, to a lesser extent, like Adam—he's bound to be a major procrastinator.

Either way, I'd best get this body off to work.

14 Comments:

At 4:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Goodness, I'd last track of time and hadn't realized how relatively soon all of this birthing business might happen!

 
At 5:09 PM, Blogger ArticulateDad said...

With #1, we were on the edge, expecting the imminent any day for about FOUR WEEKS! My wife was induced ten days past due because of low fluids. (He was, by the way 8 lbs. 11 oz.). #2 arrived 10 days early (same cause) at 8 lbs. even.

I think a bit of their personalities can be read in that. #1 has always been cautious, for instance on the verge of walking for about 3 months, before his first unaided step. #2 started walking at 10 mos.

I'm excited for you. Just enjoy it as it comes, and don't expect to be on top of anything!

 
At 12:53 AM, Blogger Leslie M-B said...

I'm so excited for you!

I, too, was given a six-week window at 36 weeks. That just isn't very nice of them, is it?

Don't count on the little dude being late. My mom delivered after her due dates, but my little guy showed up two days early--sense of humor intact--on Labor Day.

Are you sleeping lots? Enjoy it while you can!

 
At 9:26 AM, Blogger diber said...

Well, it was nice for her to give such a wide window. I've had friends who's dr said "any day" and it was weeks. :-)

I dropped at about 32 weeks and gave birth at 36, and my mom was always right around the due date. But then, other factors might have influenced: like moving across the country at 34 wks.

Hang in there! You're on the final stretch!!! (no pun intended)

 
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