LB's heartbeat is at a healthy, steady 140 bpm. As at last week's midwife appointment, the midwife commented on how low LB has settled. And it turns out I've been having contractions. Not the "here comes the baby" contractions, but a tightening of my uterus all the same. It doesn't hurt, my tummy just goes rock hard for about a minute.
With all the crazy running around I've been doing to get all our condo purchasing stuff together and approved, and with being up for most of most nights because of my stupid sore throat, I have not been taking it easy. I'm worried that the activity might affect LB's arrival (that s/he might come early). I'm worried about this because on Monday, Tomek is going to fly north till he's parallel with the southern tip of Alaska and do a side job, not returning until Thursday afternoon.
I really cannot bear the thought of giving birth without Tomek being there. Sure I am probably totally capable of giving birth without him there, but the idea of him missing out on the birth of his first child (the day my dad still considers to be the happiest one of his life), is unbearable. I feel like it would break my heart for him to miss out on the experience and the wonder of it all.
Fingers crossed that LB stays put for at least another week.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
LB update: week 36
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I've noticed that little activity or lots of activity doesn't really seem to have a bearing on when the baby arrives. I've also noticed that often a first child comes late, though that is a little less reliable. I'm confident that Tomek will be back before the baby arrives, I think you should be too.
BTW, I was just going back on some of the posts on my blog, and in one of them I announced c's arrival by using the word meconium, you hadn't heard of it before and in a few weeks you'll get to 'experience' is first hand!
Have fun!!!
Thanks Phil. Your words of encouragement did boost my confidence. It's a really odd feeling to know that there is something so active inside me that I have absolutely no control over... but kind of cool too.
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