After nearly a week of heart-pounding, anxious anticipation that the baby would be here sooner than expected, Heidi found out today that she is still pretty much at 3cm. The doctor was surprised to see Heidi in for her 38+ week checkup, actually saying that she fully expected Heidi to have delivered the baby by now. Well, needless to say, it still could, and will be any day now. The actual "due date" is June 20th, not that we can look at our baby like a library book.
The doctor also said that the baby looks health, and that he/she (we still don't know, and will not know until the birth) will probably be a 7+ pound baby. Pretty normal, and nothing "out of the ordinary" is expected.
Heidi is now feeling some stronger contractions (what she classifies as bad cramps) but still only sporadically. She is very eager to have the baby now, and spent a good amount of time in the last few days cleaning the house. I would not classify it as "nesting" but just a general feeling that things could stand to be picked up.
I of course, have the absolutely absurd notion that the baby will care if the lawn looks just right. I've pretty much done my nesting, what with the whirlwind of painting and cleaning I did a few weeks back. The nursery still looks pretty much the same, although there is now more furniture in the room, which required moving most of the existing stuff around... for like the fourth or fifth time.
Since we had some time and a little "fun money" we've planted a rose garden in the back yard where the previous owners had some different roses growing. I, unfortunately, killed those delicate little plants, so we planted some stouter species for our own enjoyment. A couple photos for your viewing pleasure: Photo 1 and Photo 2.
Hopefully I'll have baby's been born news soon. Until then, Heidi and I are doing our best to bank up a little sleep... when I'm not playing SSX Tricky on the X-Box with Andy. Oh, and reading Dave Barry books. I've recently reread several, including Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months With Tools You Probably Have Around the Home. A good natured, fun read. And laughter of that magnitude is GREAT exercise.
Posted by MEK at June 10, 2003 10:38 AM