Wednesday, 6:00pm, no baby yet.

Yesterday at my doctor appointment I got my membranes stripped. It really didn't hurt as bad as I expected it to. Hopefully that will help speed things up. I really REALLY wanna have this baby by Saturday, but if not I guess it's okay now because Jay's boss said he wasn't going to send him to Texas anymore. Whew! What a relief!!
But still... Come on, baby! I'm ready any day now!!!

My "adjusted" plan.

Since many of you seem to think my "perfect plan" is a bit too, um... unrealistic, here is my new, improved, adjusted plan.

I don't want to go into labor before Tuesday. Tuesday is a teacher prep day with no students. I really REALLY need that day to get my classroom situated and finish all my planning and prepping for my sub.

I would LOVE to teach Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday since they're such easy days. Already planned, lots of assemblies, I could totally handle it. Then go into labor Friday night.

I realize that the odds of that happening are slim, so I'm ready to negotiate:

I am good with going into labor anytime between Tuesday night and Saturday.

***BUT*** it really really REALLY needs to happen by Saturday, because Jay's boss wants to send him to Texas for 5 days on Sunday. If I haven't had the baby by Sunday, I know exactly what will happen: Jay will get on a plane for Texas Sunday, and I'll go into labor Monday. Seriously, that's what my doctor even said (quote): "The fastest way for a woman to go into labor is for her husband to leave town."

Yes I have a "perfect plan", but my new "adjusted plan" is a little more reasonable, don't you think? I'm proud of myself.

Tuesday night to Saturday.... Come on, baby!! Let's do this!!!

My perfect plan.

Here's my plan:

Next week we have Monday off for MLK day...
Tuesday students don't come to school, it's a "teacher prep" day which means I can finish getting ready for my sub...
Wednesday and Thursday back to school but there are assemblies both days so it'll be easy...
Friday is early out, kids leave at 1:00...

...then I'll go into labor.

My doctor appointment

If I had to pick two adjectives to describe my appt today, I'd choose INFORMATIVE and LOUD!

I had my first cervix check... HOLY COW!!! Talk about painful!! My dr doesn't hold back, he just shoved in there and I screamed for about 10 seconds. Literally screamed. Seriously, who screams in their dr appointment? When I left I walked through the waiting room and all the people looked up at me and I could tell they had heard me. Geez, I'm such a wuss. Luckily, it only took 10 seconds to get all the info we needed.

Here's what we found out: I'm...

2 cm dialated
50% effaced
-1 station

I'm excited I'm making some progress! I guess all those painful "practice contractions" have been worth it!

Tuesday Thoughts

At my appt last week dr said baby could come any day now. (Gulp).

He said he could start stripping my membranes if I wanted. My appt is tomorrow. Yikes.... do I want to?? Today was so painful with all the stupid cramping and braxton hicks contractions... maybe speeding up the process would be worth it.

15% of the oxygen that usually occupies my brain has moved to "other regions" of my body and the loss is obvious.

It took me over 2 hours to put together a mobile to hang over the crib. It only had 5 parts.

My "preggo brain" is so bad, yesterday was my first day back teaching and I couldn't remember kids' names.

I am drinking as much soda as I want and I don't even care at this point.

My back hurts so bad I can't get out of bed in the morning without groaning loudly.

I'm "cute like a whale". (Direct quote from a 1st grader I passed in the hall today at school. I've decided to take it as a compliment!)

Tomorrow is Monday and I'm NOT HAPPY about it.

I DESPERATELY DON'T WANT TO go to school tomorrow!!!!!
After 2 weeks off, you'd think I'd be ready to go back and get back on a schedule, yadda yadda... NO WAY! I am completely depressed to think that in 12 hours I'll be waking up to go back to work. I'm a miserable pregnant lady in constant pain; I don't think I'm in a very good position to be working with children! Can't I just start maternity leave now and have it last until, hmm, how about end of May?

To end on a brighter note, I know myself well enough to know that once I get to school, see my awesome coworkers and my kids again I'm sure everything will be fine and I'll automatically kick back into teacher-mode. But as of this moment I am just dreading thinking about it!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Tomorrow is my birthday! HOORAY!
No huge plans... Jay's family is coming over to our house for dinner and we're celebrating both our birthdays (Jay turned 30 on Dec. 27) so that'll be fun.
Anybody wanna get me a cheap birthday present?? SODA! I'm drinking it faster than I can buy it!!! Sprite, Cherry 7Up, Peach Fresca, A&W Vanilla Cream Soda, and (gasp) Mountain Dew... I know it's so bad for baby, but I can't help myself!!!!!!!