Week 40 – My Birthday, but doesn’t look like his :)

Here we are at the official due date mark! It’s actually hard to believe the time is here! The last few weeks have been pretty good. I have been eating like a pig though and now have gained 30 lbs. So much for the weight gain slowing down in the final weeks. lol

We had our doctor appointment on Thursday and it was short and uneventful. They didn’t do any checking or anything, just said ‘come back when your water breaks or when you’re having contractions 5 minutes apart’. No check for dilation or anything. It was pretty busy there though! We have an appointment set for May 29th in case I still haven’t gone, in which we’ll be booking an induction for Monday, June 2nd.

How am I doing? Still pretty good. Part of me actually enjoys being overdue 1) because I tend to get things done by the exact deadline, so now that I’m “done” all the things I wanted to finish before the baby arrived, now I have extra time on my hands to do other things I didn’t think I’d ever get to do. hehe and 2) As much as it would be awesome to have the baby on my birthday, I like the idea of him having his own birthday time so he doesn’t need to grow up always sharing his “Happy Birthday” songs with his mom :)

However, we are VERY excited to meet this little guy. We call it “scaredcited”… a bit of being scared of what’s to come (overtiredness!) but excited to finally get to meet this little man that we have waited for. I just wish we knew what day he was making his debut, the not-knowing is the hardest part. lol

On the pre-labour front, not much action happening. On Thursday and Friday, I was really tired for no ‘apparent’ reason. I just wanted to lay and veg all day – no ambition to work my brain or my body. I was thinking ‘oh no, if I have to push now, I’d be no good!’. Then on Saturday morning I woke up with a huge surge of energy and was like an energizer bunny all day. I even tried napping and couldn’t. Today I’m still feeling really good. I wonder if it’s the energy burst before the labour happening?

Other than that, I’ve had no Braxton Hicks (ever!) that I’m aware of, but DID lose my mucous plug (or part of) over the last few days. The baby is definitely bigger and can feel AND see his foot poking out the side of belly. Love that!

This morning we were all ready to go to church and then for a birthday lunch and enjoy the sunshine and what do you know? Our car wouldn’t start! We checked and no lights were left on, so hard to say what it is. Turns out it was our battery, so we finally got it working by the afternoon. Poor Nathan – I am so glad I wasn’t in labour when it happened, I think he would’ve been beside himself. We spent a wonderful day at home with visitors and family. It was such a nice birthday and we are so excited for the week to come!

Stay tuned!!