Soon!

So we had our last doctor's appointment today, crazy!  Little Hagberg is a wee bit overdue, but I told myself from the beginning of this pregnancy not to hold on too tightly to that date :)  It helps to know that most people don't actually have their baby's on their due dates, makes the let down a little easier!  I'm writing this as Jeff sleeps, I can't sleep yet because the baby has HUGE hiccups!  Poor thing, I hate hiccups so I would not wish them on the little peanut in my belly.

So Dr. Levitan checked me out today (sheesh that was painful!) I think she was also trying to get things started for me so it was a little extra painful, but found out I'm a whopping 1 cm dilated (ha ha, nothing to write home about) and 70% effaced (that's something, right?) but the baby is still really high, so there is a chance I would need a C-section for that reason.  And boy, I could have told you the baby is high.  He/she is in my ribs and it's not easy to breath, hasn't been easy to breath for the last couple months in fact and continues to get harder, this baby is comfy cozy right in the rib area!

It's pretty hilarious when people get in my car after me because the seat is leaning SO far back, I don't think about it anymore, but it is pretty hilarious.  The other day Jeff and I were on our way to Jeff's parents house for dinner and I had the seat leaned way back.  I was drinking water and I started choking and since I was leaning so far back, I could not stop choking...so I slowly leaned the electric chair upwards to breath easier and it was like in the movie "Up" when the old man is going slowly up the stairs in his electric chair...truly a comical moment.  The chair in the car only has one speed...slow, and I couldn't do a sit up to get up faster, it was so funny it made the choking worse.

Dr. Levitan set up an appointment for us to go to the hospital Sunday to start the process of induction, although I don't think we stay overnight at that point.  So if nothing happens before Sunday, that's the plan!  It's nice to have a plan, and it's coming up quick!   Wednesday is now over...just down to Thursday, Friday, and Saturday now...the end is near!  And the beginning, of course, of a wonderful new chapter in our lives.  Sorry that was probably cheesy, but it's true, and we can't wait.

Above all, we are excited to meet our little one and find out if it's a boy or girl, and see what he/she looks like and hold him or her and introduce the little one to all of our family and friends who have been waiting to meet Baby Hagberg!  But there are some other things I'm looking forward to:  my legs have been itching since the beginning of October.  That would be nice to not itch anymore.  I would love to breath easily again.  Oh and I would love to just be able to put on socks and not think twice about it.  But there are some things I will miss, like feeling the baby move in my tummy, it's little feet on my right side and butt on my left.  It's been nice having a little partner to carry around with me everywhere, we make a pretty good team, I think.  But it is going to be so exciting to actually MEET my little partner I've been carrying around all these months!  I can't wait :)

So part of our new adventure is seeing how Rupert reacts to being a big brother.  I know it will be life changing for him, I think he's going to love the baby, but I just want everything to go so well and stress free for him (and us) so thinking about that a lot.  So we are going to do everything we can to make it easy on him and hopefully the transition will be a smooth one for all of us, I think it will be.

It's been nice passing the time lately while we wait for Baby, I have been to two movies with Jeff (impressive since I think we have been to one other movie the whole rest of the year), been out to dinner a couple times, seen some friends, spent time with family, and tonight Kate and I got a mani/pedi which was truly a treat!  Just what I needed :)  Tomorrow night is the NBC shows with Jeff (we LOVE Thursday nights together) and Friday and Saturday I'm sure we'll have more dates!  Not a bad deal at all.  I feel spoiled :)

Well, the baby's hiccups have stopped so I'm going to try and hit the hay again.  Adios for now!

Any day now...

That's what I said to the checkout lady at Target today when she asked me when I'm due.  Crazy to say that!  Jeff and I positively can't wait for this child to enter our world.  We are so ready.  Well...we should be, we have had 9 + months to get used to the idea :)  We have a few people who can help with Rupert when we go to the hospital and even a play date lined up for him for the night we get home.  We talked to the doctor this week and asked when they would induce me if I don't go into labor soon, and she said 1 week from my due date, so the 31st...which apparently doesn't necessarily mean I will have the baby that day, but that's when they would start the process.  So no matter what, it's soon.  

My dad is exploring his options to treat the prostate cancer, he is meeting with a doctor that came highly recommended to him in California soon so we are glad to get things going with treatment for him.  Keep the prayers coming, we would appreciate it!

My grandma is doing well, she had surgery a couple weeks ago on her shoulder and has been staying at a rehab facility for a while.  She just moved back to my parents house the other day and is doing some therapy there for about 4 weeks.  She has had a great attitude through this whole process, and so has my dad about the cancer...I am so impressed with both of them.  And I'm impressed with my mom, she is handling a lot between the two of them and me almost having the baby...lots on her plate and lots on her mind, but aside from losing a little sleep, she is handling it all very well.  

This weekend should be fun, I feel like we are seeing people one last time before the baby comes...tonight we are having a few friends over for game/movie night, tomorrow we are having dinner with Jeff's parents, and Sunday we are having dinner with my parents and grandma.  Should be nice and everything is low key so that's good for me!  I don't exactly have tons of energy right now.  When I go to Target now it seems like a daunting task and I have to cheer myself on through the isles.  ha ha Not to mention the baby's head is nicely sitting on my bladder so walking is not the most comfortable thing!

I got a baby book at Babies R Us the other day and am having fun filling it out.  I keep looking at the page where it says "My mommy went into labor ______ and her labor pains lasted _____.  I was born on_____and weighed ______ and had _______ colored hair and _____ colored eyes."  I can't WAIT to fill this section out!!  :)  It makes me happy just looking at that page.

Well hopefully I'll have a relatively comfortable last bit of pregnancy and a simple/not super painful birth!  If you think of it, keep us in your prayers these next couple weeks.  I'm not anxious about it, really at all, but I would like to keep that attitude and also just have a good birth.

Until then...

Arleigh