37 weeks

This should be our last pregnancy post, so let's make it a good one!

At 37 weeks baby is now considered full term, even though our due date is 3 weeks away. He should be weighing in at about 6.5 pounds and measuring about 20 inches in length (about the size of a small watermelon). His lungs are probably fully developed at this point, as well as his other systems. Baby will be packing on weight from here on out, and doctors will welcome labor from this point forward.

As for our baby Sean specifically, our amniocentesis test results last week showed positive for lung maturity. Also the ultrasound shows I still have a posterior placenta and previa, so our doctor scheduled the c-section for this coming Monday, January 25th!!! I can't believe I will only be pregnant for the rest of today, all day tomorrow, and come noon on Monday we will be holding this same little baby I have been growing for 9 months in our arms!! Mike and I are both so excited and ready and scared and anxious- every adjective you could think of (other than angry LOL) would probably describe how we are feeling at this point.

I went to the hospital on Friday for my pre-op appointment. They explained the cesarean section to me, told me what to expect, and all that jazz. I have to be at the hospital at 9:30 on Monday morning, they will have me sign the consent forms for anesthesia, then prep me for surgery at noon! The entire surgery takes about an hour, but they said most likely our baby will be out in 15 minutes. I am so excited and scared for Monday. I am so excited to see our baby in real life, to hold him and kiss him and love him. But I have never had surgery before, and hospitals make my antsy to begin with. I am soooo glad that Mike made it home this morning from working offshore to be here for the delivery- it makes me feel so much better to know he will be right there with me. Also I am so glad to know he will be able to experience his son's birthday!!!

I will probably be able to post again next weekend. I will try to have pics uploaded to facebook so I can link the album to here as well. We will probably be in the hospital until Wednesday or Thursday. My mom will be here from tomorrow until Saturday, so that will be nice. And I have such awesome friends here that have already made arrangements to make us food and help us clean for the first week or two that we are figuring this whole parenting thing out. Wow, It's just so unreal that come Monday, Mike and I will be Mommy and Daddy!!! How exciting!!!