38 Weeks

On March 25th, Mitch and I had our 38 week appointment with Dr. G. We love Doc G because she is always high spirited and laughs nonstop. She is very down to earth and comfortable. She checked baby's position and heartbeat. Position is perfect and the heartbeat was strong, as usual.
As for me, I lost a pound (go figure) and my blood pressure is great. I assume this is just water weight, but I will take a pound. My belly is still at 31 centimeters. Doc G. loves how compact I carry baby in my belly. At this point, she checked for dilation and effacement. I am 80% effaced and 2 centimeters dilated. She, also, mentioned how great everything looked and asked if my mom had easy labors. I let her know that from my understanding, my mom had fairly nice labors. She informed me that I must have good genes, because everything looked great and labor should be easy for me, as well. We will see about that:) I think my mom is way more tough than me. She had 4 kids naturally, come on-she is a champ!

We briefly spoke about labor, maternity leave, insurance, breastfeeding, etc. She informed me about drinking and breastfeeding. Well, actually, all she mentioned was that my first beer after childbirth will be the best I have ever tasted. See, this is why we love this woman. Mitch and I headed out with a "inducement" scheduled, on the off chance that baby does not arrive during Spring Break. But, I am hoping baby will want to come out on time and on his or her own.