Dilating, Effacing and Refluxin

I am 38 weeks and 3 days pregnant and I had one of my final 3 OB appointments today. I love my OB and their office. It's always a pleasant place to be and so much better than my former one in New York. I am really happy to be having this baby on Oregon. My Oregon born baby.

I am 1 centimeter dilated, 50% effaced, soft and baby is at -3 station. What this basically means is that things are happening but none of this has any bearing on when this bubs will come. He could still come after his due date. He could come tomorrow. The exciting news is that he is coming and it's not long now. He will be here before the milk we have in the fridge goes bad, before the things I checked out from the library are due and way before the beets we planted are ready for plucking. It takes longer to brew beer. He is due in 11 days and shan't be allowed to go much past that.

The hard part is that these are the longer days. Not just because somehow so wonderful and amazing as finally meeting this sweet little person we created is at the end of the wait but also because this stage of pregnancy is very very uncomfortable.

I have had a fairly easy pregnancy with little to really complain about. No hemeroids or varicose veins, only short spurts of back pain or sciatic pain, minimal nausea with no vomiting, only slight swelling, no broken blood vessels or terrible breakouts so far, only two tiny and insignificant stretch marks that are not even on my belt but on my hip way back. And most importantly no health issues suh as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, placenta previa, questionable bloodwork or issues with me or baby. I am not even strep b positive. All in all I think I have done excellent.

That said here is what I am dealing with: Bad Acid reflux. This came on late but it has come on hard! No real heartburn but enough reflux to make me feel an almost constant burn in my throat. A burn that intensifies when I am not upright. But now I am so tired and probably mostly because I can't sleep properly with all the reflux and the inability to breath very well. I also have mild back pain and all of the sudden I just feel heavy on my feet. It's only these past weeks I feel like I am carrying so much more weight. Babies movements are also intense.

So things are happening but it's definitely more of a challenge than before! Till next time.