34.5 Weeks...And Counting!

I saw my doctor on Monday. We looked at the due dates listed on the ultrasounds I've had. The first three ultrasounds I had all gave a due date of January 10th +/- 2 days, so we're sticking with the January 10th due date. This puts me at just over 34 weeks (35 weeks Tuesday, December 6th).

I found out why my MacKayla's due dates...Oh, did I forget to mention that I'm having a girl? Oh, and that we're naming her MacKayla (pronounced Muh-Kye-Luh) Guinevere Blomquist? Well, we are...Anyways, MacKayla potentially has macrosomia, which is fancy speak for big baby syndrome. Basically, she's so healthy that she's grown a bit larger than we'd expected, and will consequently be a 10 pound little bundle of love. Don't fret, she's healthy, REALLY healthy. With a big head.

It's because of this predicament, macrosomia, and the consequently large head and high birth weight that my doctor has informed me that I will possibly be looking at an earlier birth date than January 10th. The birth date he suggested, off the top of his head, was January 2nd, 2012. I love this date. I love numbers that are nice, and my little girl having a birth date of 1.2.12 is friggin' awesome! Dr. Ramseur doesn't want to induce the baby, because he said that in his experience the baby needs to be delivered by c-section anyways, and that's how the board of whatever whatevers that he's a member of (and all gyno's are a member of) doesn't want the baby induced. Instead he wants to deliver her via c-section.

Remember all the debate before about me getting an elective c-section? Well, that's all moot now. I'm more than happy to have my 10 pound little girl via c-section. What worries me, and the reason that I'd decided on a birth with minimal drugs, is that I'll have to have all future children via c-section. The danger in future pregnancies is that if I go into labor that my uterus may tear at the incision site. Now, some hospitals will let you do what's called a VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section) when you've only had one c-section, but not the hospital where we live. I guess that we'll have to move in the next two years, before I have baby number two, right?

I'm here, huge as a house, enjoying the holidays. My substitute teacher starts on Tuesday, where I get to have him observe for a day, then take over the following day. So that means that I have two more days of teaching left before maternity leave. The rest of the time between now and Christmas break will be spent working with him and getting some pacing and lesson plans laid out for while I'm gone... Andrew is enjoying the holidays more than normal. He's planned out the light scheme for the front of the house (with my assistance and shopping prowress...is that a word?) and we've already rearranged the living room for Christmas so that the tree fits. We've even gotten Ayla's (that's MacKayla's nick name) crib put together and the bedroom mostly organized as far as furniture goes...Not as far as clothing goes though.

I think that does it for the update. OH, the baby shower was a huge success! Here's a picture of me dressed up...

And here's a picture of my cupcakes and cake!

The cake was white with strawberries and whipped cream filling frosted in whip cream frosting and topped with chocolate covered strawberries. The cupcakes had scenes from goodnight moon on them, and were either red velvet or lemon with buttercream frosting.