36 weeks!

This week I hit the 36wk mark!!! We also had another appointment at CHOP for baby's growth scan, echo, tour of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), meeting with the anestesia team, baby's cardiologist, research department,  and my regular prenatal visit. My Mom came over Thursday night to watch the wild woman while we had our all day appointment. I was feeling pretty overwhelmed at the amount of boxes and how little energy I had. There's nothing like your Mom to just make things better!!

Ben and my Mom worked so hard and got a massive amount of work done. Audrey's room is all set up, the kitchen is done, living room is close, our room is set up but has boxes of clothes to be put away and Audrey's play room is set up with just a few boxes of our books. I never would have been able to make the progress they did! I'm officially on extra super light duty until baby arrives so my job was supervisor. Not exciting or productive- but my job is to not go into labor this week :) My sister came over Saturday evening and stayed the night with us. She was such a help and it was so nice to have her here. Aud adores her and the way Nell plays with the wild woman- it's just so special.

So the appointment went awesome! I've been feeling alot of pressure lately with some nasty back pain this past week and on the way to CHOP, I had a honest to goodness contraction. It took me by surprise and Ben knew something was up. We were about a block away from the hospital when it happened and he was like well, that was good timing :) We had the growth scan first and wow was it a good one! At 36wks 2 days our baby is 7lbs 4oz. I have 4 more weeks to go and this kiddo is already 7lbs. At 39wks 1 day the wild woman was 7lbs 14.5oz. My ob gyn came in and said wow! I'm loving the growth of this baby! haha She's a great doctor and I really really like her. She did a quick ultrasound after the tech and was like wow, are you feeling any pressure? I laughed and said it's been getting more and more intense this past week and how I had a contraction that morning. She said well, baby is SUPER low so we're going to check you just to make sure your not like 6 cm's dilated and you have this kiddo on the turnpike on the way home. haha I said good idea.

They checked me and I'm only 2cm dilated (praise God) but I'm at 0 station which means baby is fully engaged. After they found this out she said if I don't go into labor this week, we'll talk about induction this Friday due to baby's size and just to make sure I delivery at CHOP. My job this week is to keep the wild woman and I fed and watered and to not go into labor. I need at least another week, at least! Even though baby is a prefect size, the lungs still need some baking time to be fully developed. I'm so ready to have baby here, but the road ahead is not something I'm excited to dive into. I'm just leaving everything that happens after delivery in the hands of Jesus. That's all I can do, Everything else is completely out of my hands.

We toured the CICU- which was harder than I thought it would be. I wanted to run out of there. I was scared, I was crying, I was hit with the wave of "this is real, and going to be our reality very soon". I think I stopped in my tracks, and honestly searched for the door. Ben and the nurse giving to tour both asked if I was okay with going on. I just kept praying and made it through.

Baby's heart looks good, no change, and we found out who the surgeon will be. It was a long day, but a good one. When we got home my Mom had the kitchen all taken care of, organized, and cleaned. It was so so wonderful coming home to that. The wild woman was in full swing and glory with her Meemim. I'm so thankful for all the hard work they did this weekend!!

Well, it's time for this wore out Momma to go to bed! We'll keep you all updated as things happen! Pray baby waits a little longer to make an appearance (but we know baby will come when baby is supposed to come:)  )