34 weeks. . .3 more to go!

We had our 34 week appointment yesterday. Everything was good with the exception of one thing. I'm now 80% effaced, which is 30% more in 2 weeks. Not good. However, I haven't dilated at all, so that's very good. Unfortunately, dilation is inevitable the more effaced I become, so I'm still on modified bed rest. We're praying that we make it to 37 weeks so we can avoid health issues AND the hospital. Because of the progression, we will now be doing weekly appointments. 

I forgot to post the 33 week picture in my last blog, so here are 33 and 34. Baby's already dropped, so things are getting increasingly more difficult. I keep getting stuck getting out of bed, which is rather amusing. Imagine a beached whale. Hahaha. . .what's even funnier is Kadence trying to pull me out of bed.

Kadence and Grandma Patsy have had a lot of quality time together. I'm just glad there's someone else to read her the same 3 stories over, and over, and over, and over. . . :D

 

We went to the pool today, since walking around in the water is the only walking I'm allowed to do, and my joints/muscles were aching from doing nothing. Kadence wanted to wear her "fishy suit," which is the one that has flotation devices built into it. It's been impossible to teach her how to swim in it, but it makes it easier to hold onto her.

The video is of her NOT jumping into the pool. . . 

 

The water was a little cold, but it was totally worth it. Kadence (as usual) didn't want to leave, despite the fact that she was shivering She and Grandma ran around the "spraying things" before we left.

We were eating breakfast yesterday, and Kadence randomly asked "Is the baby peeing in your tummy?" I told her that yes, technically he was. "Why is he peeing in your tummy!?" I told her that there was a lot of water in my tummy, he drinks some of it and then he pees it out. Since he's still in my tummy, when he pees he does it in my tummy. Her response to that was "Then he'll pee on my face! I don't want him to pee on my face! It will hurt!" I convinced her that wouldn't be an issue, but she's been fixating on him peeing in my tummy since then. Every now and then she comes up and asks me again, just to check and see if he's still doing it.

One of my friends that will be here when we have the baby is a massage therapist, and is working on her doula certification. She came over the other evening when she got off work to give me a massage. (Have I mentioned that bed rest doesn't treat me well?) After we had dinner, she set up the massage table while Kadence got ready for bed. Before Kadence would go to bed, she said she needed Felicia to massage her, so she needed "her turn" first.

Hopefully the next few weeks will go by uneventfully. . .and by uneventfully, I mean nothing outside of the ordinary insanity that goes on around here. :D