Last Day of Work and Last Doctor's Appointment

I had my last day of work on Friday. I only work for 2 hours on Friday and telecommute, so Thursday felt like my last real day. A few of the guys I work with took me out for lunch, which was great, but a bit of a long walk for me at 39 weeks pregnant. I have been managing the commute okay, but the last 2 weeks it has gotten pretty hard to move around much.

Tuesday was my last appointment with the high risk practice. I concerned initially because the baby's growth seemed to have fallen off a bit. He was in the 49h percentile and had been in the 65th percentile 6 weeks before. The doctor did not seem concerned. He said this was in the margin of error for normal growth and that ultrasounds in late pregnancy are not very accurate in terms of size assessment. I could see what the problem was in my case at last. The baby's head was pretty low and was being partially blocked by the pelvic bone, so he had some difficulty getting head measurements, which make up 2 or the 5 measurements used to estimate size. The little guy is supposedly currently 6lbs. 13oz., but this could be off by a pound either way and he will still likely have one more week to grow (from the appointment last Tuesday) before delivery.

I was discharged from the practice at the end of the visit. Since the high-risk practice and my fertility share the same floor on that wing of the hospital and they take up almost the whole floor between the two, it was strange to think I would likely never visit that part of the hospital again, particularly since between the two practices, I would have probably had almost a 100 doctor appointments.

I'm still hanging in there. I get tired very easily, so I'm trying to prioritize what little time I have left the best possible. Y and I have finally be able to locate and go through most of the baby paraphernalia we had in the attic. I'm still missing a few critical items that I used to have and must have given away or gotten rid of for various reasons after T stopped using them, so we may take a shopping trip tomorrow or leave a list for my Mom to get while I'm in the hospital.