early labor

i was working on another post for this blog the night before last, but it's pretty obsolete

the most up-to-date stuff is gonna be on facebook, so my dream of creating an epic time capsule blog post for Aria memoizing the last few hours prior to her birth is probably not going to become a reality. On the other hand, she already has 6 buddies on facebook and is 100 years old, so that's exciting!

Aria, if you have a chance to come back and read this in 20 years, just know that I spent 3 days wearing the same pajama bottoms, all the midwives and nurses agree that we had the best birth plan written up for you (presentation wise ... accuracy wise I'm sure other people hit the target much closer than we did regardless of how this pans out), and I'm never going to let your mom get rid of this outfit that she's had on -- that's going to be the centerpiece of the Aria museum. Oh yes, and we are already COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!

All right kids, not much more to see here. Friend Aria on facebook or follow the action on Tai's wall. And feel free to text me at my Google Voice number (but include your name if you haven't already) and that'll make it easy for me to respond to you. I think my next step for today is going to be figuring out the technology for uploading pictures from Tai's prehistoric 2008 phone.

40 weeks pregnant- Hello due date

It appears that we're going to have a baby very very soon. I've started having consistent contractions that SUCK. You can't prepare for this pain. Just had one now. This will probably be the final post with Aria trapped inside the womb of wonder.

39 weeks and 2 days

It's time for you to come out now. My groin muscles are screaming, "We've made all this room in here for your brainy head, OCCUPY!" I'm waddling, seriously waddling and the waiting game is making me so anxious. Luckily, I've been keeping busy and having a grand ole time in these last few days with baby securely and quietly in tow. Today was especially wonderful. John surprised me for my birthday and took me to the zoo. We walked a lot and I had a few contractions and I got some great photos of John posing with various beasts.

Tomorrow I have another non-stress test and we'll get to hear Aria's heart beating for awhile then a normal midwife appointment. I'm hoping that we can get something to kick start labor because right now I'm sensing NO urgency from her about getting out of me, not even fakie contractions.

I'll be 26 years old on Saturday and I only want one thing.

Well, I have a feeling this may be our last blog post pre-Aria. Call it a hunch! Anyways, I snapped a shot of us sitting here on the bed.