Week 37 : Swiss Chard

Baby Girl is full term this week although her due date is not for another 3 weeks. Yeah! That means she could come at any time and be ok. If she was your typical little girl, she would be the length of a stock of Swiss chard and weigh 6 1/3 pounds. Although I did not get an update on her weight this week at the doctor's appointment (that's right, I'm going every week now), I did find out that I am 70% effaced.

We also had another birthing class today. We learned about what to expect after the birth, and we also watched a video on how to stop your infant from crying. Interesting class, but a little kooky at parts. We have one more class next week where we will learn practical baby care like changing diapers and such.

So what are we doing when we are not at the hospital going to water aerobics, going to appointments, and going to birthing classes? We are trying to finish up all the last minute things that we would like to have done before Baby Girl comes. I've washed her clothes and blankets and bibs. I'm trying to fill out her baby book. I've got a list of job related things that I would like to do now instead of later. I found out that a prayer I wrote for the diocese website last year is going to be published in a school journal. Yeah! I need to write another prayer or two. We have also put together Baby Girl's bassinet/pack n' play and stroller. The car seat is installed and will be inspected next week. Our bags are packed for the hospital; in fact, they were checked at our birthing class today. Hopefully, Baby Girl will give us enough time to get our lists of things to do before her birth done. We both feel like it is crunch time. Oh! I almost forgot the most important thing that we got done this week! We finished up writing all the thank you notes!!!!! Yeah! I thought I would never see the end of those things. (Yes, I'm a writer who hates to write.) :)