I've tried posting several different times, but the stupid picture uploader was taking too long each time and so I gave up. This time I won't post so many pictures, maybe that will help actually get this one on the blog!
So I'm 35 weeks along right now, 36 on Monday. I have three more appointments scheduled with my doctor, and then if I have been scheduled to be induced on my due date if I haven't gone by then (August 23rd), and that's mostly because of the cyst on the umbilical cord and not so much because of the clot...which as far as we know is still there. The baby is doing very well. A little too well, actually- at my 34 week growth chart, it was estimated at weighing 6 lbs 1 oz. And I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Which means I'm probably going to have another big baby. Chloe was 9lbs 2 oz, and Linus was 8 lbs 10 oz. I hope I go into labor before I'm induced, mostly because my contractions felt much worse in both of my other deliveries once the Pitocin was administered. I was induced with Linus because I was leaking amniotic fluid with him a week before my due date, and with Chloe I just wasn't progressing very fast. I had 18 hours of labor with Chloe, and 6 with Linus, but I got an epidural with Linus because the contractions came on hard and quick with him and felt much worse...although it's hard to remember the pain after it happens. Anyway...so there is an end in sight and I'm starting to think and consider that I might actually make it to term, which is sort of a weird thought. This whole pregnancy has felt like a big grey cloud that I can't see through at all, and all of a sudden it feels like the fog is lifting a little bit. It's a nice feeling to think that this baby will likely come out, survive, and have no problems to deal with afterwards- like the whole pregnancy were normal or something. It really is a miracle that I've made it this far, and I get emotional everytime I think about all the prayers/help/support we've recieved through this whole thing. It's not over yet, but the danger looks like it's behind us now. Amazing.
Now if only I could go just like a couple weeks early, and that way I can get over this HEAT! Having a baby in August is not something I will intentionally do again. Blahhhhhh...
In the meantime, remember that link I posted for the video on how to make a tu-tu? (You can find it here if you don't know what I'm talking about). Well I made one, and Chloe and I went out and took some pictures of her in it this afternoon. Love this girl. Now I just need to think of something costume-y to make Linus because he keeps asking to wear the tu-tu.
