Just Another Day

For us, today was the day we were counting down to meet our baby. 40 weeks of charting, appointments, anxiety, excitement and surprises were supposed to build up to everything being revealed today. However, Clark2B has different plans it seems. Today isn't anything special at all. Today is just another day.

Last Day to Vote

Well, it's another primary day in the race for President and here in the blog for Clark2B, it's the last day to vote on whether you think Clark2B will be a boy or girl. The vote for early, late and on-time has already closed, even with some last minute jockeying and shifting of votes. But don't worry, all votes will be accounted for. The nice thing about this vote is that regardless of what you decide to vote for, we're all going to end up with something we can all be happy with!

Nancy and Clark2B are doing well. For the past several days Nancy has said to me that she feels like she's getting close. And of course, she's right. Each day is a little closer! But I think she's really starting to feel like it just can't be much longer. Tomorrow is our calculated "due date", but there's still 9 hours left for those early birds out there who voted "Look Out"!

Water Breakage of a Different Kind

Well, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Valentine's Day last week with the one you love. Mine was spent on my hands and knees with a wet vac, sucking up water out of our carpet.

No, Nancy's still intact. Remember the pool we started to fill up Monday morning? Well, we've been keeping a foot of water in it in anticipation of Nancy going into labor. Everything was fine until Thursday when in a matter of hours, one side of the pool deflated and water started to spill over the side out on to the carpet!

Fortunately, only a couple inches emptied out, but it was enough to soak a good portion of the carpet where the pool was sitting. Thanks to the Dupres, we were able to borrow their wet vac and suck up most of the water. Then, I went out to Craig's List and found someone who was selling a dehumidifier for $35. I drove down and bought it from him on Friday and had it running over the weekend to dry out the carpet the rest of the way.

We're back to normal now. Fortunately we didn't need the tub this past weekend, although we were anticipating maybe something would happen with the storms passing through Friday night and Saturday. It's common for hospitals to see an influx of women with their water broken during a storm. However, our midwife thinks this is due to a mineral deficiency and doesn't experience this phenomenon with her clients since she puts them on a vitamin regimen that includes a mineral supplement.

So, the wait continues. Part of me obviously wants to see the baby as soon as possible and have it here to hold. But there's another part that says enjoy the time I have as much as I can while it's just Nancy and I for a little while longer.

39 Weeks

Happy Valentine's Day!

The past several days have been filled with anticipation. I've commented a few times how it feels like I'm watching paint dry or the grass grow. Nothing seems to be happening fast enough!

Yesterday, Nancy had her weekly appointment with the midwife. The baby's heartbeat was in the low to mid 130's this time. It seems the heart is getting stronger which is definitely encouraging.

Nancy was 70% effaced and approx. 1 1/2 cm. dialated. The midwife's explanation for the decrease in effacement was due to Nancy's appointment last week was in the afternoon when Nancy had been on her feet all day and the baby was applying more and more pressure throughout the day. Yesterday, Nancy's appointment was in the morning, more in line with all of her previous appointments. So, in comparison with her appointment 3 weeks ago when she was 65% effaced, Nancy has definitely progressed, just not at the rate we were thinking last week. But anything can happen!

The baby was also positioned posterior again. During Nancy's acupuncture visit yesterday afternoon, they got the baby moving around again. This morning Nancy seemed to feel like she was only feeling the baby move on the right side. Now if we can just keep the baby there!

Nancy and I also visited with a new pediatrician group on Tuesday night as we explore our options. We have another appointment next Tuesday with one that this really close to our home. I guess we'll see if Nancy will make it to that appointment with me or not!

Today, Nancy's getting her haircut. She enjoyed the style she got last time which was very low maintenance. That will be important for the next month or two. Plus, by doing it now, she won't have to worry about trying to fit an appointment in before going back to work in April.

Only 13 hours left to have a Valentine's Day baby. Time's runnin' out!