Weekly Update - 36 weeks

On Monday, Talan and I had a "Mommy and Talan" day.  He was very emotional when we were going to send him to the sitter's.  Being that I am officially becoming a hormonal mess (Sorry, Aaron!), I couldn't handle it and kept him home with me.  Beyond that, it's been a while since he's been one-on-one with me and he can tell that something's going to change very soon.  So, he came along with me as I did my normal NST test and ultrasound.  Unfortunately, I had to be hooked up to the NST monitoring machine for an hour because they thought that Kenton's heart rate was dropping.  Luckily, it was really just his heart rate returning to it's normal baseline rate after he was moving and being active.  Then we "took pictures" of Kenton.  My amniotic fluid was back down to an 8.6, but nothing they were going to admit me for, thank goodness.  Then, Talan and I went out to eat with Nana and Papa.  We won't discuss how the rest of the evening went, because it wasn't as nice.  ;-)

We had our weekly appointment today (2 days early).  There's not too much to report at this point.  After over a week of contractions, back labor, and a couple of false alarms, I am officially 75% effaced and dilated to 2.  the nurse suggested that I take a couple of hot baths everyday because it may help keep my amniotic fluid up.  I'm very happy Aaron was there to hear that!  :)  I was also given my final progesterone injection.  It should be interesting to see if I make it farther than I ever have in a pregnancy. 

On Saturday, I will be 37 weeks, which will be the longest I've ever been pregnant.  This is good news because Kenton gets to "cook" longer and be nice and strong, but I am quite done with being pregnant.  I should clarify ... it's not so much the pregnancy per say.  It's more of the fact that I've been having so many contractions that get to the point that I start timing and get uncomfortable, but never to the point that I think I need to head to the hospital.  I'm exhausted from this whole process and just want to hold my baby boy.  When it is time, hopefully my water will just break like it did for both Talan and Hunter - it makes it SO much easier!  :)

On another note, Aaron moved Hunter's and Talan's car seats to the back seat of the van and installed Kenton's car seat so that it's ready when he arrives.  Hunter was VERY excited because he is now forward facing and is a "big" boy.  I still  have mixed feelings about him being turned around, but there was no way we could keep him rear-facing in the back of the van because the seat would not have fit properly.  It's a little bittersweet, but we kept him rear-facing for 2 years and almost 2 months, which is the new recommendation.

Please ignore the waffles in the boys' hands.  We were running late to church.  :)