Sorry it has been so long since I last wrote. I’ve been absolutely slammed trying to get ready to leave work, prepare for the holidays, and prepare to have a new little one enter our world. Crazy doesn’t even begin to sum it up.
I went to the dr. today and was pleased with the outcome. Everything is still normal though I am 50% effaced and 1 cm dialated of which I can hang out at for quite some time. It’s going to be a wait and see kind of thing. He is faxing my birthplan and all my paperwork to the hospital of my choice so it is there ahead of me whenever she decides to come. I don’t go back to the dr. now until the 28th. I still think that I will go early as every woman in my family seems to go early, first baby or not. As such, I am praying for a delivery for after Christmas but before the new year. The doctor will be on vacation during Christmas so that is a concern. Ultimatley, it won’t matter in the end but for right now, that is really important to me. There has been no estimate as to how big she is which is fine as it would be a guess anyways. So, we’ll just wait and see what each day brings.Â
We took Lucie to the shop on Friday as her gear shift has been increasingly tighter. Turns out she needs some kind of new cable. We left her there over the weekend so Joel will pick her up today. Thankfully it won’t be a great deal of money. Yesterday we had a rock hit the Hyundai windsheild but it didn’t spider. It just left a pucker. We hope to have insurance fix it as they usually will just so it doesn’t spider and cost them more money. It seems crazy to me that in the last 3 years, we’ve have 4 rocks hit our windshield in various cars.Â
Work is getting much slower now that the holidays are nearing though I’m trying to get cheat sheets to everyone who will be filling in for me while I’m gone. Copying files and making things available have proven to be very time intensive. Many will be out on vacation this week and next so it is bound to be relatively quiet around here.
So anyways. That is what’s up in a nutshell. Compact I know but it will at least give you some kind of an idea. Until next time…
Oh yeah, you’ll be early! 50% effaced and 1 cm- that’s a good sign, I think, of an easy labor. At least mine were:-) Takes some time off the dialating anyway! I walked every chance I could to try to get things going and mostly just got exhausted:-) I’m so excited for you guys- life as you know it will forever be enhanced- can’t wait to hear the news! Take care Erin!
Erin,
I’m glad everything is going great with you and the baby. I keep watching your blog for the big announcement. Thanks so much for the gift card you sent. It was a very thoughtful gesture.