Maternity Photos +

Today I woke up and of course went to work. But I was lucky enough to have less than a half day! Woot!

First thing after leaving work I went for my Maternity Photos! It was slightly awkward since all the focus was on me (Ryan only appeared in a handful of the pictures) but I'm thinking that they turned out well! Laura Novak (the photographer) kept commenting how cool they looked (but that is her job). Shortly I should be getting a slideshow and online proofing, so I'll be able to make the call for myself. I'm currently trying to figure out where I'd like to display them - as I'd eventually like to incorporate some baby pictures too... hmmm choices.

Afterwards it was time for my 38 week check up!

blood pressure - AOK
heart rate - 140's - sounds good.
weight - haven't gained anything this week (still around 27lbs total) - The nurse who took me back said that I should be thrilled with the 27lbs because typically by the time they see mom's postpartum they've lost 20 pounds. She said by around 6 weeks she wouldn't be shocked if i was well on my way back to normal (woot!)

Next we did the internal. She said that I'm currently about 2 cm. dilated. Basically she said it's about a tight two or a loose one (but that she would call it two either way). This is of course a little progress from last week, which is exciting.

He's still fairly high up but she noticed that he has dropped a little since last week and that I'm beginning to efface.

Being that I'm due in 2 weeks and it looks like I'm probably going to go past my due date and probably be induced at 41 weeks (I just keep getting this impression from our conversations even though I know anything can happen) I thought I'd ask when/if they'd write me out of work. I was slightly disappointed to hear that if I continue to be healthy then she doesn't see me getting any time off of work until I'm holding the little man in my arms. Basically the only reason she said they would typically excuse me from work would be if I had high blood pressure or some other medical issue - just wanting a couple of days pre-baby to relax is not a good enough reason. LOL

While I expected this and have been saying all along that I'll work up to the end a little part of me was hoping for SOME time off.