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from Sunday March 14th

Happy Due Date Day - Sunday March 14th

Today is our official due date...but no baby yet. Looks like it will be fashionably late! So hard to believe that 40 weeks have past and here we are at our due date expecting baby anytime. It is very rare that babies are born right on their due date - I think like 5% of all births, but those were also the odds we were given to have this baby, so I guess you never know ;)

We're celebrating our due date day by taking it easy and relaxing at home. Yesterday we had a night out with Mike and Ros to see Avatar in 3D followed by a nice yummy dinner at the Cactus Club. Not sure we'll have many evenings like that in our future, not for a little while at least.

We're pretty much set and ready. The nursery is set-up, clothes are washed, diapers ready, hospital bags packed. Just not sure you can ever really be mentally ready for what is ahead. I'm not nervous though, just excited.

Here is a little tour of the baby's room:

Waiting Game

With 4 days till our due date, we are basically playing the waiting game. Wonder when our baby bundle will arrive?

At our doctor's visit yesterday we reiterated that we are happy to wait it out to see what happens on it's own naturally. I'm feeling good and not uncomfortable so we figured no need to rush things with sweeping the membranes. Think Doug wants to get another week of work behind him before he takes a couple weeks for the baby.

Baby is measuring on track and the heartbeat is still nice and strong. I captured a little video to share the sound of the heartbeat with you. It was about 148 I think.

I wasn't sure if the baby was completely engaged in my pelvis because I don't feel like I've read about or had some people describe. I imagined feeling really uncomfortable, that it would be hard to walk, and I would 'feel' the baby sitting low - 'it may feel like the baby is going to fall out, but it won't'! Despite not feeling that way, the doctor says that the baby is engaged and sitting low in my pelvis. She also said I'm 2cm dilated now. She thinks the baby is a healthy size, not too big, not too small. About 7lbs was her prediction.

We have another appointment for next Monday (one day past due) and then she said they would let me go another week before they would induce me. Still hoping for a St. Paddy's Day baby!!

One Week Waterslides!

We celebrated our one week till due date mark with a trip to the H2O water centre in Kelowna, and despite the warning 'not recommended for pregnant women' I just had to try out all three waterslides!

This was our first time checking out the new facility and we had a great time with our niece Roah and nephew Farrell playing in the wave pool, floating in the lazy river, and of course going down the waterslides.

It was a great afternoon, but boy am I wiped out today. Bet the kids slept well too, Farrell must have gone down the kid's pool slide 50 times :)

9...8...7...

It doesn't seem that long ago that I was posting to this blog our countdown of weeks left to go, 9..8..7... and here we are counting down the days instead - I can't believe it!

Today we are 9 sleeps from our due date. I'm feeling great and in no rush, but both Doug and I are getting very excited to meet our little bundle.

No Sweep

I let the doctor know today that I am happy to wait things out for now and let baby come on it's own time. She had thought she might do a membrane sweep which can initiate labour, but I'm feeling fine and happy to actually enjoy some time off to myself before baby. She was fine to hold off - said that most of the time women want her to do anything possible to start things!

Heart beat was 144 and she said I'm still 1cm dilated, but getting close to 2cm.

Very very excited now that we are so close. Wondering if I should follow the doctor's advice and put a garbage bag under the sheets in case my water breaks in the middle of the night!?

2 Weeks till D-Day

Seems really strange to say that we are now 38 weeks. Officially only 2 weeks until our due date...well 1 week and 6 days now! The baby is still pretty active, pushing and moving around lots in the evenings. I can feel that the baby is sitting a little lower, but I don't think it's fully engaged in my pelvis yet. We have another doctor's appointment tomorrow, so we'll get the latest update.

I spent my first day off relaxing, playing with Roxy and doing some laundry. Doug is currently fighting a cold...so loading up on my vitamin C in hopes of not catching it myself.

Attempted my own pregnancy photo shoot in the backyard today using my camera self time - semi successful!