Full term

I just hit the 37 week mark (or what is considered full term!)  I just got back from the midwife, and here are the stats:

  • I am 3 cm dilated
  • I am 75% effaced
  • The baby is at 0 station (meaning his/her head is wedged down there pretty good)
  • Baby is estimated to weigh 6 lbs. 13 oz.
I can tell you I did not need an exam to know that things have been happening.  I could go a few more weeks like this in theory, but I just don’t think I’m going to make it to mid-June.  I hope not anyway.  Having someone’s head wedged in your pelvis makes things precarious.  My beautiful friend Deborah was up for a visit this week, and I felt so bad that I couldn’t walk around as much as usual (or kayak).  Luckily, she is a trooper and was amenable to me taking naps and putting my feet up whenever I felt the urge to rest (which was often).  
I haven’t had time to prepare frozen dinners for the freezer yet.  Ah well, it’s one of those things that might not get done.  If it doesn’t, it’s fine.  But I probably shouldn’t procrastinate any longer on packing that hospital bag.
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