36 Weeks

Can you see the eye is opened?

It's hard to think that at any time we could be doing this! Having our precious little Parker! We're both ecstatic and a little nervous. We have been going to birthing classes (some know them as Lamaze classes) for the last three Tuesday nights. I was glad to have Blake be able to go to all of them with me. He is just as important as anything! I do think he is learning alot. He was hesitant at first but jumped in with both feet and hands. Last night we practiced breathing and different positions for during a contraction. He was amazing! So you all know I am planing on going all-natural! The teacher gave all of us a hand full of ice guys and girls and had us hold it for a "contraction" so everyone can feel a pain. You were supposed to breath throw the pain and relax. Try it, your hand will start to burn and hurt really badly. I never thought of that. That's an awesome way to practice with a distracting pain. Blake would rub my back with different toys to relieve the stress. It was nice getting a mini-massage. But over all I feel much more prepared for labor now that I know all these different things.

We also had our Doc's appointment too. He was out of the office on Monday so yesterday he was a little behind. I was fine with it but Blake was not a happy camper! We get our finale sonogram seeing if the baby is fully developed. The nurse said it has started to drop into my pelvic. It still has a head of hair. We were looking at the face and she said "it has it's eyes open" next thing it started to blink. You could see everything it was incredible. It's hand was up by it's face still. She also said "it's mouth is opened". She could see the tongue but I never saw it. I could see it opening and closing its mouth. All organs, lungs and the little heart are all developed. It's in the 54% and is measuring at 36 weeks. Right on time now! He was ahead a little bit ago. It only weighted 6lb. 1oz. but the doc said that my belly is measuring at 42 so the baby could weight more. Those can be off closer to the end of pregnancy but 15%. He examined me and I'm at 1cm. but am still thick. My cervix hasn't softened yet. Well so we're all good for GO! All I'm asking is that it comes after Saturday. That's my baby show and I still need a few things.