This week’s update

We saw the Dr. for our final prenatal apt the other day. We had another ultrasound, everything looks just fine in there. Baby is still very active and I swear is trying to push his/her way out!

The Dr. has decided that due to my little bit of a heart condition, they feel it would be best to have a planned delivery. As things stand, the plan is to induce labor on Thursday, June 30th. We will be going in at 6:00 am Thursday morning! They said, depending on how things go, it could be late on the 30th or sometime on the first of July by the time the little one is actually here.

That means I’m only going to be pregnant for another 6 days! After so many months of being pregnant, it seems weird to think that I only will be for another 6 days! On the one hand, I’m thrilled with the idea of not being so big and uncomfortable now that the weather is really starting to heat up here, on the other hand, it will be really strange not to feel the kid moving around in there anymore.

Tomorrow, they are predicting it will be about 97 degrees here. I’m planning to spend a lot of time in our bedroom and the nursery since they are the rooms with the A/C. We are planning to go out to dinner with friends tomorrow night, though if the weather is still far too hot I’m not sure we will end up going. Mostly because our current car doesn’t have any A/C!

We did finally get the cloth diapers I’d been waiting for, they arrived in the mail today. I’ve got them “prewashing” in the machines now and will probably spend tomorrow folding them while in the A/C. I’m actually pretty exciting about these diapers (yeah, I know, that is both strange and sad) I got a bunch of what are called Flatfolds and they are pretty much what they sound like; a big square piece of cloth that you fold up into the shape that fits your baby. The neat thing is that there are a bunch of different ways you can fold them so that they fit a wide range of sizes and with a bit of luck they will last right through to potty training. From what I’ve read, they are generally sturdy enough to last through several babies!

Knitting wise, I’m still working on the baby blanket I started, its a bit more than 1/2 done so its unlikely that I will have it finished by the time the baby arrives. However, since it is July and since the blanket is wool, I seriously doubt the baby will really need that particular blanet too soon. I’ve also got on more of the coming home outfit booties to knit . . . perhaps something I’ll work on tomorrow while keeping cool.

Speaking of baby blankets, I’d like to Thank the Monday night Saugus knitting group for the lovely baby blanket they made for us! It really is lovely and soft and I’m looking forward to using it. Thank you ladies!

So, unless the kid has other ideas, we’ll be going in on Thursday . . . which means something like Sunday morning we will be coming home with our new baby! I don’t plan on turning on the computer again after Wednesday for a while but I have someone that I will ask to log in for me and let you all know how things turn out!

Wish us luck!