Last week, I had an appointment which kinda made me really think that this baby could come at any time. The doctor was asking me about what happened last time for William to be born at 37 weeks. To which my best answer was, my water broke and he was born! She said maybe my body just isn't programmed to carry babies to 40 weeks. She decided to go ahead and do the Strep B test that they normally don't do for a couple more weeks. I never had this test with William because he came early. She also decided to check and see if I was dilated. I was so surprised - with William, I was never checked for dilation until we were in the hospital. I wasn't dilated, but she said she could tell I was thinning. Also, I am now having a checkup every week, and on my way out the doctor said "ok, see you next week if you make it that far!" So, this appointment really made me feel that Elliott could arrive as early as William!
I had my 36 week appointment yesterday - and no real news. Baby was still head down, heart beat was good, and my Strep B test was negative - yay! William went with me to this appointment, and he was so well-behaved. Hopefully, Elliott will be as good!
As far as how I feel these days - HUGE is usually my answer. I just keep getting bigger and bigger, and finding it harder and harder to get around. Sleeping is almost impossible. I usually do fine until 3am, at which point I spend the next few hours waking up every 20 minutes to turn over, which is a huge ordeal - David is probably ready to go sleep on the couch at this point. People have been telling me that they think the baby has dropped, and I think I agree. William never dropped - he was still high when we were in the hospital. It will be my luck, that now that I've accepted that he will be early, he'll go all the way to the due date :) Let's just hope if that's the case, he's not a 10 lb baby!
