Hot, hot, hot

It has been extremely hot the last few days! Most days its in the 30's, but it feels warmer than that. Our house is hot, however I know the duplex would be even hotter if we were there still. Generally, during the day Im not too bad, but in the evening's I can't sleep. Its way to hot. I think this is the first time in our marriage that Ill wake up in the middle of the night and be sweating and over heated and Andy is covered up with the blankets. Im not usually a warm person but with the heat the way it is, I am hot!!

Yesterday we had our 39 week appointment with Cathy and as I mentioned before she came and did a home visit. We showed her around, and explained to her what we were thinking as far as a birthing pool, where our washer & dryer are, and how the oven works. We continue to wait, and our baby seems to be very happy to just hang out. He continues to float around, and still hasn't dropped. His head is down, and he switches which side he likes to hang out on. Cathy laughed because each week he is on a different side. She isn't concerned that he's doing this, and that he hasn't dropped. She mentioned that often times with second baby's this is completely normal, and when labor starts he'll move down. With first babies they tend to drop weeks and weeks before their due date, but with second thats not always the case. Makes me feel a bit better.

This kid is always moving though, my stomach looks like theres an alien inside of it, and the movements are getting stronger and stronger... painful actually. Im hoping when I go into labor the weather will be a bit cooler, but we'll see what happens.

For the time being we continue to be patient (although its getting harder, since Im not sleeping well and am feeling more uncomfortable) but I know God's timing is perfect, and thats what Im counting on. He'll come when he's good and ready.

Ive had a few people ask me how far"over due" our midwife will let me go. Generally, she has no problem letting mom's go to 42 weeks, which in the medical world is pretty much unheard of. She continues to do monitoring during those 2 weeks after my due date, and will also send for some tests (non stress test, and a bio physical profile) to make sure the baby is doing well, and there are no concerns. At 42 weeks however, she'll have to consult with an obstetrician, and because Id be so far over my due date at that point a hospital birth would be what she would encourage. Again, there are other natural ways we can try to induce labor, but under pretty much no circumstances am I willing to be hooked up to a pitocen drip and go down that route again! Im so glad we've chosen to have a midwife, and her beliefs and opinions as well as training makes so much sense to us! Im excited to have her deliver our baby, and support us through the rest of the pregnancy.

Keep you posted!