The Tenth Month

No one likes to tell you that pregnancy can last longer than 9 months, but here we are, two days past our baby's due date, all three of us growing rapidly every day. We have another doctor's appointment tomorrow where we'll get an estimate of how big the baby is (my doctor thinks it's over 8 pounds already!!), and then we'll have to make some decisions about whether or not to induce labor or keep waiting for this baby to decide when its ready to come out on its own. It all depends on the projected size. If it looks like the baby could possibly top 9 pounds (something I have a hard time imagining), we'll try to get it out sooner rather than later....Hopefully, the next post here will be the post-baby-post!!

Down to the Wire (we hope!)

It's now just 9 days till Baby Wylen's official due date, and we are wallowing in dreary cold, wet, snowy, rainy New Jersey. It took me an hour and a half to get home from work last night in the snow (the 12 mile trip usually takes no longer than 30 minutes at rush hour), and let me tell you, it was no fun at all to drive 10 miles an hour on slippery roads when you are 9 months pregnant and need to use the toilet every fifteen minutes. Combine that with the fact that I've had a terrible head cold (which I can't take any medicine for!) for days, and you get one grumpy mommy-to-be. Tomorrow is officially my last day at work, but I doubt I will make it out of bed unless this cold magically disappears, my voice returns to normal, and my nose stops leaking! So I guess I can be grateful for at least having the next number of undetermined days before the birth to stay home and "nest" and rest as much as possible. With any luck, we'll be posting good news here very shortly! Wish us luck!