Waiting Game

Well, I'm 10 days from my due date and it's just a waiting game now. I see the doctor every Monday and, thus far, I'm not dilated or about to have the baby, so we're just sitting here... waiting... bleh! However, I did test positive for group B strep so it looks like I'll have an IV of antibiotics during delivery. I'm not excited about the IV or the antibiotics so I'm trying to find alternatives.

I'm very uncomfortable and sleeping at night is nearly impossible. I'm up twice a night to use the bathroom and I roll over from one side to the other (the only way I can lay now) over and over again all night long. Luckily I have my pillow arrangement down, which makes it a little easier. My joints crack and pop whenever I move. I have to assume it's due to the relaxin and oxytocin loosening me up for the big day. It's not painful when it happens, but during waking hours I do have some aching. That I can deal with. The rib pain is what kills me. It's still happening and it almost feels like she dislocates my floating rib sometimes. It's incredibly painful. I won't miss this part at all.

I stopped working a few weeks ago and I fill my days doing little things like scrapbooking, networking my computers (transferred 6GB of music from the PC to the Mac with no thumb drive or cables, thank you very much), and Skyping with my friends and family (if you read this blog and you have Skype, lemme know!). I know I should enjoy my free-time, but I wish I were more mobile so I could go for a walk on my own. I can't seem to move around for more than 10 minutes before I'm lightheaded, winded, or just too tired to go on.

In other news, Rob and I went on a "babymoon" weekend before last and it was really nice. We went to the Deer Crossing Inn and stayed in the "Hitching Post" room which had a 2 person jacuzzi tub and a flat panel TV with a DVD player. It was great to just take a bath, have meals delivered to our little cabin-like room, and watch DVDs all day/night. We both felt a lot more relaxed and connected after it was all over. I won't go into the extreme nausea and lightheadedness I experienced the day after :P All pregnancy related and not dangerous, just annoying.

We worked out the whole car seat issue by buying a brand new stroller/car seat combo. It wasn't our intention, but it was easier to have a stroller the new car seat could snap in and out of than transferring the baby from one car seat to another in order for it to work with the stroller. It's bad enough we're putting her in a 2 door car until we can afford a "family" vehicle, so this was a sacrifice we were willing to make. It's the Chicco Cortina Travel System (ours is grey with green trim) and we were so relieved to find that it fit my backseat really well. The stroller is a little more flimsy than our previous stroller, but it's still safe and functional. I'm just glad we don't have to think about it any more! LOL!

My parents will be here next weekend some time, Rob's mom is coming up for the first week of May, and his brother and biological father will both be visiting us on May 10 or so. Should be a busy few weeks after Violet's arrival... depending on when she gets here, that is! Hell, I was 3 weeks late when I was born!

Well, I think that's it for now! Depending on how motivated I am and when Violet decides to join us, this may be my last entry for a while ;)