68 weeks preggers

Ha! Not true, but fun to say. I'm almost 34 weeks.
I'm doing well. Actually, I'm even feeling quite a bit better than I did last week. That's nice. I had an appointment today with my OB, and I had one on Thursday with the specialist. Here's how I felt after leaving each appointment.

Specialist: Baby's head is engaged, your cervix is getting ready. These babies could come ANY. MINUTE. Pack your bags (that's funny because I live blocks from the hospital, but it's still a good idea I guess), be ready. Oh, and babies probably aren't developed yet, so they would need to go to the NICU.
Me: Panicking. Verge of tears even. Thinking that my water could break if I so much as stand up to microwave something. (I calmed down later.)

OB: Wow, you're doing really well. I am so pleased with how you've taken care of yourself (ha! Doc, if only you could see my ice cream binges). Yes, babies could come very soon, but their lungs atleast should be ready b/c of steroids, etc. And, they really could stay in for a few more weeks, there's no way of knowing.
Me: Feeling much better. Glowing with pride at my lovely blood pressure readings. The world is full of rainbows, puppies, and healthy twins.

So, the real question is, what am I supposed to think at this point? I've decided that I'm going to try to not think at all, and just be prepared. Oh, and lie around like a beached whale until the time comes. I'm just glad that my OB is as chill as he is and not quite as (honest?) intense as the specialist because I think that will be really nice when I'm actually delivering. People who freak out freak me out, if that makes sense. I want someone to put any bad news in the nicest most mellow way possible, thanks. Especially if there's very little that I can do about it.

The really really REALLY good news is this- I don't have to labor in an operating room. What? and YES!!! Everyone that I'd talked to told me it was hospital policy, but Dr D says no. If they're both still heads down and not too premature (which he says they're not at this point), then there is no reason to do anything different than a normal birth. WOO HOO! Lying on an operating table in labor did not sound pleasant. And this hospital has a great set up if I want to do it without an epidural. One of my good friends here is a labor and delivery nurse, and she offered to come and be my doula. Lovely. I would love to do this naturally, but I'm not guaranteeing anything. If it comes to it and they're going to have to maneuver a baby, or if they want to monitor me so heavily that they won't let me move, I'm totally going for an epidural. I think having my friend there will help a lot, though. She's a really neat person and has a nice, calming, but still strong personality.

So, here we go! This is coming a lot faster than I thought it would. Dorothy has been an absolute trooper even though I have been the world's most boring Mom, Dallin has been doing double duty with school and picking up my slack at home, and I'm getting BIG.

Here's the proof.




Dorothy took this shot. She was so pleased with herself.


Oh, and PS, even though the doctors are telling me it could be very soon, I'm not actually dilated or having real contractions, so who knows. They could be total quacks, or playing a halloween joke. Just kidding. But really, I am yet to see any evidence that D day is imminent.