38 Weeks, Dr. Apt, & Work

38 Weeks - I was thinking like I've previously mentioned the Dr's office has always had my due date as April 1st but the reason why I've always used March 25th is because when I had my 6 week ultrasound they said that my measurments put me at March 25th so at that point I thought they changed it. So I guess technically when I went in for my apt today I'm 37 weeks 4 days instead of 38 weeks 4 days BUT THERE ARE ONLY 11 DAYS LEFT UNTIL MY C-SECTION (March 26th)

Getting very anxious to see our precious babies face!!! <3
I had a dr. apt today. All went well. Dr. checked my cervix and it's the same as last week - 1cm. The heartbeat was 146. Waited about 1 hour for my 5 min apt. That was the jist of it.

OH!!!! FOR FAMILY / VISITORS - Dr. said that the recovery room only allows me, the baby, and 1 person to be in the RECOVERY room. SO that means since the girls are going to see the baby first they will have to wait until we are in our actual room. Once we are in our actual room the girls will come in first and then be able to tell everyone what baby is.
I was hoping the girls would be able to come into recovery right away but Dr. said they are very strict that it's just 1 person with me and the baby. She said the girls could possibly pass through because they are small but then if they let us they have to let everyone else do the same thing.

Family will all be there on the 26th but -
I will of course update facebook ASAP to let anyone know what room we're in so we can have visitors.

Only  11 days left!!! 

Our little gummy bear is now approximately the size of watermelon / leek ? According to baby center...

19 to 22 inches and 7 lbs.

THEME:

Girl: Teal with anything Detroit Lions or the animal Lion

Boy: Blue with anything Detroit Lions or the animal Lion

(Abby is purple, Jasmine is pink)

Total weight loss/ gain? Total 48lbs. YUCK. I need to work extra hard to get all this weight off immediately after the baby. Hopefully with the combination of nursing, eating better, medical weight loss, and hopefully walking/ exercising everyday it will come back off! I've eaten horrible. Why do I do that to myself. I know the baby won't come out 48lbs.

"Feeling fat lasts nine months but the joy of becoming a mom lasts forever". ~Attributed to Nikki Dalton

Maternity clothes? Thankfully a good friend gave me a pair of pants - I was wearing one pair of jeans and then I've been making my shirts "work" but hard to hide the panel on my pants. I'm obese anyway but I feel extremely huge.

Sleep?  The dr asked today if I got much sleep or how many times I wake up. I don't really sleep a whole lot - and I get up about 2-4 times. Which will probably be my nursing schedule anyway so it's worth it.

Best moment this week? Getting gifts from co-workers. Thank you Stacey for the cute outfits and rings and Ronda Thank you for the basket of major necesseties and cards for Abby & Jasmine!! Perfect gifts.

Movement?  Love feeling all the movement especially the movement that really makes my belly shake.

Food cravings?  I just eat too much period.

Food aversions? sometimes its very hard for me to decide what sounds good to eat

Gender? Josh and I know. The world will find out on March 26th.

What I am looking forward to? My next appointment March 22th.

Labor signs? None - Dr also asked today how my contractions have been. I told her I don't think I've felt any.

Belly button in or out? IN

Milestones? If baby were to be born anytime all should be ok! <3

WORK UPDATE:
Today was my last day. It went well. I had asked my bosses if they thought they'd have me return after maternity leave. I really wanted a YES or NO answer so I could clear my mind to know what to plan for the future. Right now they are in the process of switching to new software SO they said they would like me to return but they are not sure how everything with the new software is going to work so they will have to keep in touch while I'm off. PLUS I'll have to let them know how long I'll be off and what hours I could work once I'm able to return.

So it's at a MAYBE at the moment until everything kind of pans out.
It was nice to hear them say - they'd like to have ME return (instead of just hearing NO)
They said they like me (phew) ... and feel that I get along with everyone, etc BUT if I don't end up returning it'd be because either the new software can be managed by the people that currently work there OR if I'm not able to work the amount of hours they'd like me to work.

I would still love for something to work out where I could work at home. Maybe it could work out where I'd go into the office 1 or 2 days and then work from home otherwise or something.

IT'S ALL IN GOD'S HANDS! <3

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