Carleen and Mike » 2006 » August » 03 http://www.huggin.net/blog Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Week 37 coming up http://www.huggin.net/blog/2006/08/03/week-37-coming-up/ http://www.huggin.net/blog/2006/08/03/week-37-coming-up/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:15:26 +0000 Carleen Huxley http://www.huggin.net/blog/2006/08/03/week-37-coming-up/ Well folks, it’s August. My official due date is August 29 but apparently I could go into labor anytime two weeks before or after that date. According to statistics, only 5% of babies are actually born on their due date. I’m kind of hoping it’s sooner rather than later but I’m sure Liam’s got things under control in there and will make his arrival when he’s good and ready.
We got our air conditioner fixed yesterday. This makes me very happy. For the past few weeks we haven’t been able to keep our thermastat below eighty. For those of you not in the know, Oklahoma is experiencing a heat wave right now and temperatures outside are lingering in the high 90’s lower 100’s pretty much most of the day. I suppose it’s rather ironic that I was born in a heat wave and now it looks as though our baby will be too.
So, according to this handy dandy pregnancy calendar I found online, by Monday Liam will be approximately 6.3lbs and his lungs will be fully formed. During my last appointment with the doctor, Liam’s heart rate had slowed to 130 which scared me at first because that rate was significantly slower than usual but apparently this is exactly what is suppose to happen as they get bigger. My doctors appointments are more frequent now, every week actually and starting next week they’re going to start checking for signs of labor, contractions, all that good stuff. Scary. This has seriously snuck up on me a lot faster then I expected.

Mike and I went to visit our pediatrician last week and she seems like a very nice lady. Very laid back and actually has a sense of humor which is certainly a nice trait to have for a pediatrician. We also toured the maternity ward which impressed us a little more than we expected. They have some pretty tight security. All the exits have sensors on them. Upon admission, the mom and dad are given these security bracelets that match one that’s given to baby once it’s born. The only people who can get past the sensors at the exits are those where matching bracelets. So, as long as Mike and I manage to not loose our bracelets then we have no worries of some crazy nurse walking off with our child. They also have a bath tub that I can soak in for comfort and I’m also allowed to listen to my own cd’s during the delivery. I’m in the process of trying to put together a mixed cd right now. Which brings up an interesting question, what sort of music should a woman in labor listen too.

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