February 19

I had a doctor's appointment this morning.
Baby is doing well. Heart rate in the 130s, measuring big still, more active. I have my last P 17 injection on Thursday, and doc officially discontinued my Terbutaline as of today. That's what I was hoping for, I hate the terbutaline! So from here on, if I go into labor we won't stop it, I'm to go directly to the hospital for a c-section. Hopefully she'll wait for my scheduled appointment March 8 at 7:30 AM, but if she doesn't she should be just fine and probably will not spend any time in the NICU. I'm anxious to get it over with, I want to be done, she's big, I'm small and it's not a good combo I'm already measuring full term size. Evelyn is probably 6 - 6.5 lbs right now. Doc said I'm more effaced, soft, but still only dilated as much as I was before. That means my body is getting ready to do its thing and changing a little, but not making any official progress. I've had some strong contractions the last few days but nothing regular or timable. My next appointment is in a week, Wednesday I think.

Hopefully she'll at least wait to arrive until after the antibiotics I'm on have time to do their work so I can get over the mutant cold I have, and nobody else catches whatever bug I have. My body is weak and overwhelmed right now so my immune system is bad. Will & Justin both have the sniffles but they're not sick like I am, I hope they have a minor case of the same bug and not something different so we're all healthy when she gets here. Soon!

Hopefully the ceiling will be fixed before then too, we had a leak, they finally sent someone to fix it, tore a big hole in the bedroom ceiling and found out it's still damp & leaking. So they had to fix the leak before they can fix the ceiling, apparently the leak is now fixed and the guys should be back to close up the ceiling tomorrow. Good thing, it's driving our allergies crazy, there's mold or something in there. Glad we're planning to move as soon after Evelyn is born as we're up to it. This apartment just sucks, one problem after another.

35 weeks 4 days along, 2 weeks 4 days (18 days) until my scheduled date. Will was almost 8 weeks old now. I'll be 9 months along on Friday - 36 weeks. For those who don't know how the weeks work, 40 is due date, 37-40 is full term, months are counted every 4 weeks and due date is at the end of the 9th month not the beginning - so closer to 10 months. My c-section is scheduled for 38 weeks 1 day.