gestating...

I'm gestating. Yep. Still gestating. Hmmm.

Yep. Still. Gestating. Just hanging out. Gestating.

Don't seem to be having any contractions...just pressure down low and the baby looks and feels like he's dropped.

Still. Gestating. Getting a touch impatient, mostly because I'm physically feeling more uncomfortable.

Had a good doctor's appointment on Thursday. Everything is on-track, she was happy with my overall blood pressure readings, growth, heartbeats, etc. all exactly as they should be. (insert sigh of contented relief)

Blood pressure has stayed in check; gall bladder has stayed calm, despite a few food choices that might have challenged it (I hadn't had fries from Murry's in forever and they were so good...), so I can't complain too much. Turns out the stress level at work has been higher so it's good that I'm out of the loop. I did get cleared to work from home, so, if I don't have the baby next week, I'll be doing some editing and proofing from home. I look forward to it. I love to edit and the co-worker I work with is good at what he does and perfectly reasonable. It makes for a very pleasant situation.

Yesterday I had the mad cleaning fit--spent from about 5 a.m. until 10 p.m. cleaning and organizing. I've been told that is often a precursor to labor. I woke up crazy-early, the house was nice and cool and I thought I'd get started while the day was pleasant, knock off for the heat of the day (we don't have central air, just a couple of window units that aren't yet installed), then get back to it later in the day. It never got hot, I got on a roll...did lots of organizing things in a way that will make it easy for friends, doulas, etc. to find stuff. I've done all the necessary prep for the home birth so that feels good.

There's more to do, but I won't have a complete meltdown with people coming in the house now. (I get very embarassed and overwhelmed when the house gets out of control...)

Turns out the doulas will photograph the birth--this is something that we want to do. I am so pleased. I won't be posting the very personal ones on the Web, but I wanted to document it for us.