On the edge of becoming a family of three; of bringing home a new life to share our home; of starting the next chapter of the journey that we are on as a couple; and on the edge of our seats waiting for it all to happen!
Here we are at 38 weeks and change, waiting for baby EJ to make his/her appearance. For those of you that know anything about all this stuff, I'm dilated to 2.5cm and 50% effaced, and the baby is at -2 station. So, we've made some progress toward having this kiddo, but not enough to jump in the car and head to the hospital! But there is a light at the end of this pregnancy tunnel... if EJ has not arrived on his/her own by the morning of the 26th, I'll go in at 8:00am to start Pitocin for an induction. That's the adjusted doctor approved due date that is in my chart now. But I'm hoping for something to happen this weekend! I'm ready to meet this little one and my heart (and body) are tired of waiting for that moment! I want to know if I've been sheltering a little boy or little girl from the world for the last nine (ten!) months! I'm just ready to be done with being pregnant. I never thought I would say that, since this has been a very easy pregnancy in comparison to some of my friends, but I guess when you get to 38 weeks and the doctor tells you that your baby could weigh 8lbs plus, you reach a point where even the easy stuff looks hard!
So, we have some of you on a call list... and some on an email list... and some of you will find out via Facebook. So, if you haven't heard anything by Monday morning, don't panic and start calling us! When the baby is here, we'll make sure that the news is out there! Trust me... Edgar will be shouting it from the rooftops! Until then, please know that all of your thoughts and prayers are appreciated very much!
Love, Tracey
Friday, January 15, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
24 days 'till....
No it's not 'till Christmas, or New Years or even my birthday. That's more like 40 days till 40. No, it's about 24 days, give or take a week or two for our first born enters this little place we like to call Earth. Although it's technically on Earth already, (we are not getting it shipped from Mars or anything) it's still in mama's belly causing all kinds of chaos. ;-) Baby is moving around a lot, getting ready for it's Grand Entrance, it's big debut, it's first breath of Oxygen and many more first. There will be tons of first for me. While I've been around little ones for quite sometime, this little one is actually going home with me. I get to keep this one. Feed it, change it, burp it so on and so forth.
Current status:
House is 98% ready, we/I still need to move somethings around, build the little baby crib that's going to be in our bedroom and get car seat installed.
Mama: Cool as the other side of the pillow. She's ready to have this kid today! She's a little uncomfortable and the kid is moving a bunch.
ME: I"m a quite wreck! Getting a little freaked out. We are having a kid!! It's really happening! Really, really, really happening. I'm filled with tons of weird emotions that I don't know how to express. I'm excited, happy, scared, confused, overly cautious and mentally tired. If you see me and I look like I have gas, that's probably why, not gassy. :-) I feel that there are so many things I need to do, but don't know how to start them. I feel that I just jumped off a an airplane with a parachute and realized I didn't pack a 'chute, but my laundry instead!!
I talked to my best friend today and he told me that he's confident that I'll but under control. Things will get done with precision, it will all go as plan and I should be fine throughout the entire experience. Once it's all over with and there's some down time (not sure when that'll be) that all of those emotions will come crashing down for a little bit, then it's over. I hope he's right. He's got two kids, so I guess he knows a little bit about it.
I'm as ready as I'll ever be, I think. Lets' do this. Not sure if I'll post again before the little one gets here, so wish me luck. So here it goes.
God Bless....
--edgar
Current status:
House is 98% ready, we/I still need to move somethings around, build the little baby crib that's going to be in our bedroom and get car seat installed.
Mama: Cool as the other side of the pillow. She's ready to have this kid today! She's a little uncomfortable and the kid is moving a bunch.
ME: I"m a quite wreck! Getting a little freaked out. We are having a kid!! It's really happening! Really, really, really happening. I'm filled with tons of weird emotions that I don't know how to express. I'm excited, happy, scared, confused, overly cautious and mentally tired. If you see me and I look like I have gas, that's probably why, not gassy. :-) I feel that there are so many things I need to do, but don't know how to start them. I feel that I just jumped off a an airplane with a parachute and realized I didn't pack a 'chute, but my laundry instead!!
I talked to my best friend today and he told me that he's confident that I'll but under control. Things will get done with precision, it will all go as plan and I should be fine throughout the entire experience. Once it's all over with and there's some down time (not sure when that'll be) that all of those emotions will come crashing down for a little bit, then it's over. I hope he's right. He's got two kids, so I guess he knows a little bit about it.
I'm as ready as I'll ever be, I think. Lets' do this. Not sure if I'll post again before the little one gets here, so wish me luck. So here it goes.
God Bless....
--edgar
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