I think we’re making some progress here. I think baby has started to drop a bit. My belly is definitely lower today than it was yesterday. Yay!

Can you imagine carrying triplets?? I can’t. Lauren posted a link to a blog about triplets. I also wonder how they keep the babies straight in utero? The woman talks about tracking the development of each baby (Baby A, B, and C). I wonder how the doctor knows which is which. What happens if babies A and B swap sides one day? It’s not like they are wearing little name tags in there or something.

And how do you put 3 car seats in your car??? We installed the car seat in the Saturn today and it’s snug in there. I realize the Saturn isn’t exactly a mini-van… so I guess that’s what you need for triplets.

Zig takes up enough space in me without adding any more. I’ll take my babies one at a time, thank you very much :)

I’ve had several people ask about my 39wk appt, which means I guess I’ve been a slacker for not posting sooner :)

The 39wk appointment on Monday was another SMA (group appt), so they measured weight, belly size, and baby’s heartbeat. All very good. No internal exam (lovely) so no update on dialation or anything.

I did learn something interesting though. Apparently the story about more deliveries on full moons isn’t fully accurate. My midwife said that there is a high correlation to deliveries around storms (due to the low pressure systems that cause storms) AND storms often occur around full moons. Soo… my theory about the 23rd being *the* day may be flawed (well, more flawed than it already was). So keep an eye on the weather and lets see if a low pressure system comes by shortly after the 17th. You can also keep an eye on Intellicast’s “official” Labor/Birth Index. I have no idea how scientific this is, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

I worked from home yesterday and it was so nice and relaxing (the fact that it was a beautiful day didn’t hurt either!). I decided that I’m going to officially start vacation time on May 16th – assuming zig doesn’t come before then. Once I made up my mind on that decision I’ve felt very relaxed and happy with it :)

Alan and I now have a little nursery in the house with a crib, changing table, and dresser. Sometime soon we are going to hang the pictures we got from the babyshower and the quilt that Alan’s mom made (with embroidery help for others). Once that’s done I’m going to take a few pictures and put them up. I also am way overdue for a belly shot. My mom and sister both said this weekend that I hide the belly well. I pulled up my shirt and mom said “wow!”. :) Hehehe… good belly! I’ll post new pics sometime soon. I’m at work now and don’t have any handy.

But anyway, I’m glad to see at least a few people read my ramblings. They aren’t very artsy or poetic or anything, just plain ramblings :)

T minus 6 days and counting!! (or maybe it’s B minus…. hmm….)

For those already engaged in the story, here’s the lowdown… I got nothing!!

For those not engaged – Mom bought us a $5 lotto ticket as an anniversary gift (well, as a very small part of the anniversary gift). I scratched if off and won $5. Yay! So I traded it in for another $5 ticket – which won me $10! Sadly, the next store we stopped at didn’t have $5 or $10 tickets, so I got 5 $2 tickets (in hindsight, I think this was my downfall). Scratched them and won $2 :) Almost forgot to trade it in before we left NY, so we stopped at the last gas station on the border. Traded it in for another $2 ticket and won nothing :( Very sad. But it was a good adventure for the weekend :)

I think it’s been awhile since I’ve posted an update. We went down to Franklin for the weekend and had a very nice time. Joyce just got home from college (I think she wanted to see the big belly!). We ended up getting a sweet hotel room too :) And I finished knitting my first ever sweater!!! Yay! I’ve tried grownup sized ones and never finished, but the baby sized one went much quicker :) I’ve even started a second baby sized one.

We are now officially 9 days from the big day. I met an old friend this weekend who said she had both of her babies on their due dates! I told her that’s just amazing. Statitics show that only 5% (I think) of women deliver on their due dates – and she did twice! I thought that was pretty cool. We went to a child fair sponsored by the hospital down there this weekend. Got lots of free samples and met people I know. Crazy.

Anyway, I’m tired now and I have a long day tomorrow, including my 39wk appointment. I’ll post more later.

Went to my 37 week appointment today. This was an important one because they did a StrepB test (interesting stuff) and an internal exam (fun!). She said everything is looking good. Baby’s heartrate is around 142 and it went up when she shook the belly (probably gave poor zig a real start). I’m not dialiating yet (which I’m happy about), but that doesn’t really say much. I do have a nice soft cervix though :) (probably too much information for 99% of you out there ;) ).

I also may have a mild uterian hernia. Remember the other day when I said that baby is trying to come out a spot just above the belly button? The midwife said it’s probably just a mild hernia. Woo hoo! :/ She said it’s nothing to worry about though, unless it starts to hurt real bad. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that. It started right around the time I got a stretch mark by my belly button, so I think zig probably moved funny and my belly wasn’t too pleased. So much going on in there!!

We also met the pediatrician (very nice lady) and preregistered at the hospital (lots of paperwork). So now we’re ready to go. Just need to clean the cars, put in car seats, rearrange the house, clean the house, build a crib…. Yep, see why we need more time???

Ok, now I have to go back to work. I have a very big and very messy desk that needs to be cleaned before I leave. Oh, yeah, and some work to do to keep FINOWEN running :)

I think this baby is trying to come out through my belly button! Actually, just above and to the left of it. Or else maybe I have some internal bruising going on (too many kicks from the inside?) I dunno, but I have this weird pain in my belly. I’ll have to ask the midwife on Thursday. Figured I’d share the news with all of you today though :)

What a weekend. We went down to Ayer, MA to visit Jim and Julie in their new house. They have a great house. I’m jealous :) They also made us a very cool baby present – a knit Superman blanket! I think baby zig is going to love it!

Jim and Julie have new additions to their family as well – two bunnies. They are very friendly and very big bunnies. Maybe someday they will play nicely with the hampster too.

On the way back we stopped to visit Alan’s parents and make a trip to Babies R Us. Boy, baby stuff adds up quick!! Alan’s parents bought us a crib, so we bought sheets, and a baby carrier, and other goodies :) It was fun. We drove back home with a very full car. This week we get to put everything together, do a few more loads of baby laundry, and arrange baby’s room. Yay!!

I also have my 37 week appointment this week. I’ll keep you all posted on how that goes :)

Guess what I can do?? C’mon, give it a guess…..

Ok, I’ll tell ya. I can sit a cup on my belly :) When I was a kid my mom had a friend who used to sit her coffee cup on her pregnant belly and I always thought that was the coolest thing. Today in the car I put my McDonald’s shake cup (I know, super healthy!) on my belly and it stayed right there. I drove down the highway with the cup just sitting there on my belly :)

I’m easily amused, what can I say.

My belly is getting more and more sore these days and I think it’s because I keep bonking it into things (or things into it!) It’s hard to remember that it sticks out so far these days. I keep hitting it with doors and things (like the fridge door). I just tried to slide between a door and wall (sounds weird, I know, but we all do it) and poor belly didn’t fit :) Poor brain keeps forgetting that belly is much bigger than normal these days. And on that note… time for a snack! :)