and now we start the weeklies...

had our 36/(37 weeks on sunday) appointment today. after the strep test, dr. t checked me and i'm 75% effaced and 1cm dilated. i know that some mommies stay at this point for weeks, but he said it's a good sign that the contractions are working. baby c is head down and according to the doctor has dropped into position. so we're on track for an on-time delivery (october 12...unless he comes a little early). but again, this baby is on his own time frame.

when the doctor came into the room today and took one look at my feet and hands, he said, when is your last day in the office? I told him that i was planning on working up to my delivery date, and he said he didn't want me commuting to the office anymore, since he was a little concerned about the swelling. so he wrote me a note saying that while i can work from home, he doesn't want me to go into the office. fingers crossed that this works out with my HR department, and if so, my last day on the Metro until after he is born will be on Monday (so I can get my stuff out of the office that I'll need to work for the next two weeks).

Ian and I both have the day off today (mine is my birthday day off that our office gives us, just a week or so late) and so we're heading to the pediatrician in a little while (just had a nice breakfast at this place we used to go all the time when we first started dating and we were the ONLY people in the restaurant).

I'm going to put these swollen feet up for a bit. more later.