Crazy Weekend and the Kissing Doctor

I have been scolded by a few of you for not updating the blog in while, so sorry about that. Hard to believe that my last post was almost 4 weeks ago -- that is bad. For part of the time, I have a good excuse at least. This Saturday, I officially turned 37 weeks and reached full term, but it was a totally crazy weekend, so no time to dwell on that milestone.

We are scrambling now, trying to make up for not doing what is needed to get ready for the baby ahead of time. This weekend, we moved the office down from what will become T's bedroom to our Sunroom on the first floor. Y did the bulk of the moving physical work along with her sister and brother-in-law, but I still overdid it a bit in terms of packing and organizing and was a bit wiped out by the end of the weekend. We ended up losing Internet connectivity for a for a few days because the electricians that we hired to rewire data/coax among other work necessary for the move did not do the wiring properly. I'm pretty annoyed about this because the work was rather expensive and it is the type of thing where if I was not pregnant I would have done the bulk of it myself. This is my first day working in the new office and I'm still adjusting. It is only about 7'x10' and both Y and I need to work in the space. I work from home about half the time and Y works from home all but one day a week. T is home during the day with a Nanny and his main play area is just outside our door, so we will see how that goes. He is already "visiting" a lot, which can be nice or disruptive depending on how busy we are.

The old office is almost cleared out. Once that is done, we can finally bring down all the baby stuff from the attic and I can see what I have and what I'm missing. Out of the two of us, I'm the one that keeps track of all the baby paraphernalia and clothing needs, so I can't really depend on Y to deal with this and it has been too hard for me to go work in the attic at this late stage of pregnancy. I'm hoping the baby holds out until the scheduled delivery because we still need more time to get ready.

Speaking of the scheduled delivery, the delivery date was moved back from August 14th to August 18th due to some scheduling issue with my doctor. I was initially a bit annoyed, but I have gotten over it. The 18th is actually my correct due date. The OB still insists on dating the pregnancy inaccurately, using LMP instead of the IUI timing, so they have me as being 40 weeks on the 22nd. Looks like it will be a Leo baby one way or another. I have been having some pelvic pressure, cramping, and occasional Braxton Hicks, but the baby still seems very high to me, so I doubt labor is anywhere in my immediate future, but who knows.

I have had a few doctor appointments since I last posted. I have regular OB appointments every week now. Since my doctor was on vacation two weeks ago, I saw Dr. Honey, who was pleasant enough, but then at the end of the appointment he gave me a kiss on the cheek, which I thought was mighty odd. Between getting and being pregnant twice, I think I have had hundreds of doctor appointment and this was the first time I remember getting a friendly kiss from the doctor. The closest think to that was that our RE gave Y and I a hug after we finally got pregnant, but that seemed appropriate in context and this did not. My OB was on vacation again this week and I saw the same doctor, but this time no kiss.

I did actually get to see my own OB last week in between her busy vacation schedule. It was good to be able to go over at least a few details and some of my questions regarding the delivery. She was a bit flustered because she just got back from the hospital, which was a bit cute because normally my doctor does not get that ruffled over much. One of the her patients has walked in hospital already 10 cm. dilated and ready to delivery immediately. She had to walk right out of the office with several patients already in exam rooms. I'm guessing this does not happen very much and usually there is more advance warning.

I'll try to be better about posting more from now until the baby comes. I have a regular OB appointment next Monday and then my last appointment with the high risk practice on Tuesday. I will be bringing a suitcase to the Tuesday appointment, because if there are any problems, I'm sure they will send me right to L&D.