Whew, what a week. I'm feeling good, a little tired. Getting things done at work, to my great relief.
My good friend who was due October 7 (?) had her baby on Tuesday! It's been fun being pregnant with her - we took the Bradley classes together. I can't believe she actually has her baby now. A beautiful boy, big and healthy, and the whole family is doing great. I visited the hospital yesterday, and it was amazing.
They ended up doing some of the things they hoped to avoid - epidural, pitocin, c-sec. On the one hand, it was encouraging to see that they went through a very challenging birth with back labor and interventions, and came out happy and healthy and smiling. They'd had plenty of time to make decisions about things, and she said she never felt like she lost control of the situation. They did so well, and I'm very happy for them.
On the other hand, late last night I had doubts about my own labor: will I be able to handle this, when it's my turn? Every birth is different, but what makes me think I'm prepared, what makes me think mine will be easier? Is it nuts to be looking forward to labor? Is it nuts to try doing this at home? Should we have rented the birth tub? Is it too late now? Should I get the B Strep screen or will that just complicate things? I don't know what I'm getting into. sigh.
DH is great - so encouraging to me. I'm not attached to one way of having this baby, and we have options if unexpected things happen. It feels so real and so imminent now! I look forward to it being behind us.
Still undecided about road-tripping 4 hours to my cousin's wedding I'll be 37 weeks. After last night I want to go even more - my whole family will be there, and I want to see my Mommy! DH would rather lay low at home. There's wisdom in that. We're running short on pre-baby weekends, and we have plenty to do (including sleep!). But I might need a fix of family-style support. We'll decide tomorrow.