July 2

he Senator is apparently content in the uterus - still no dilation or droppage. We saw Dr. Ross Wednesday and she relayed the information, she once again said that something like 40 percent of babies are late, and only 5 percent are born on their due date. She also said she won’t let me go past 41 weeks, so come July 20 or bust, the Senator will be making her appearance. As Mark and I are both holiday babies (Cindo de Marko and X-Mas eve) we’re hoping for the Senator to get her own holiday birthday as well. So July 4 or July 14 look pretty good to us. But of course she’ll let us know what works for her, and we’ll go on her schedule, the first of many (if not all) on her schedule. and at the appointment, I hit the 40 pound gain mark, it doesn’t feel like it, and Dr. Ross expected me to gain between 35-40 pounds, so I’m on target. So I’m wondering how much the Senator weighs. Hopefully not too much!!
The arrival (and impending) of July brought some anxiety and unease to my mind. I definitely felt like I was doing pretty good, keeping the anxiety and worry at bay, but last weekend and into the early part of the week, it crept up, it didn’t help that I wasn’t sleeping very well, so dealt with, stopped reading some books (one book that sent me over the edge - One Day by David Nicholls, super good, just not expecting the outcome) and with my hormones and emotions crazy and out of whack, I found myself bawling over the ending of this book late Saturday afternoon. Could have also been some residual sadness at the end of US’s run at the World Cup, but I’m banking on the book’s ending and my hormones. And the oh shit factor, of oh my, we are almost in July, and the Senator is definitely coming, and now the countdown, according to Dr. Ross, is now at 18 days and counting. Just a reality check.
My mom came in this week, so its been great having her here. Dr. Ross said I could walk around a bit more so we went to Winn Dixie the other day - who knew grocery shopping could be so much fun! And today was the first of my half days at work. I will be only working 4 hours each day from here on out, so worked in the morning, and then Mark and I met with Dr. Gorman, Parker’s, Bill and Jessica’s son, pediatrician, to get a feel for her and the office. We really liked her - she has the important things - like fun bandaids (pirates and indians, I think, though she was not to impressed with the selection) and stickers. But it’s interesting, when you have an appointment, you walk back into her actual office, and that’s where she does the exam. There are 3 other doctors in the practice - and while they do have exam tables, she said they very rarely use them - and they seem like a great practice, turns out a bunch of other people use them too, like Mark’s co-worker. So we are glad to have meet with her, and hope the Senator likes her as well.
So this weekend, we are going to hang the art in the Senator’s room - her jungle themed wall coverings came, so we’ll get it on the walls. And we’ve got a friend’s daughter’s first birthday party, so we are headed to that. And then we are taking my mom to Lilette, a great little restaurant on Magazine, where we celebrated Mark’s birthday, they have the best hanger steak, so we are definitely looking forward to eating out well before the Senator comes. And then have a 4th BBQ at a friend’s house. No adult beverages for me, but soon enough.
She’s still squirming around, and just a little while ago she had the hiccups, which is a bizarre, rhythmic feeling. But that’s it so far for this week. We go back to Dr. Ross next Friday, so we’ll see how much the Senator ready to make an appearance.
Happy 4th of July to all!