Counting down
Well, I'm at 35 (or 36) weeks today and the books say pregnancy usually lasts 40 weeks, so that means in about a month there is a good chance I might have given birth to a child.
If the above sounds a little removed and technical - well, that's because it's really hard to believe. Looking at my belly (how much can skin actually stretch?!) and at the dresser full of baby stuff, the big box with the stroller in it and my (almost) finished crib bedding, it seems the baby is very real but in my head the whole idea is still very new. Maybe not new, maybe more like impossible.. yeah, impossible is the word. I don't want to get too impatient, but it seems inevitable. Even if I can't imagine what it's' going to feel like. I guess that makes it even more exciting.
The doctor issues seem resolved at the moment. I spoke to my actual doctor and she promised to deliver my baby (on paper even) without making any comments about her partner. What a relief. I appreciate the silence about the person in question as well. You don't want to hear your doctor pulling the other one through the cocoa (Ok, only German-speaking readers will understand the last one, but I couldn't resist. It's an expression, which implies badmouthing someone.)
After that successful visit last week we also toured the hospital we deem to be the best choice at the moment. It's located in the neighboring town and is quite small... and empty! We didn't meet a soul from the time we entered the building until speaking to the maternity nurse. It seems like a great place to have a baby - very quiet, brand new and so friendly. I really hope the staff lives up to the image the building projects.
Sooo... we are set I guess. We are taking a weekend vacation from today on, as recommended by all essential baby magazines: "Take a vacation before the baby is here - the last one you can enjoy without a crying toddler".
Ok, that was not our primary motivation, but it is a good occasion to take a few days and remove yourself from the daily frenzy and just think about the baby - ok and maybe be lazy as well.
Thank God the rooms at your hospital are done in shades of plums, mauves, and pastels. How on earth would you manage in a white room or even a bright blue one?
;-)