38 week appointment update:

- Weight is up another 6 pounds in 1 week - Yes my doctor is concerned. My blood pressure was fine and they didn't mention anything about protein in my urine so at this point I only have a lot of swelling. However, if I start to notice any vision problems or headaches, I'm to go to the clinic right away or if it's after hours, I'm to go to Labor Assessment at the hospital. I could develop toxemia (pre-eclampsia) which can very harmful to me and the baby and could even lead to death if not treated. I'm also supposed to weigh myself daily from now on and if I see an unexplained jump in my weight (3-4 pounds overnight for example) then I'm to be seen right away as well. I told her I've been drinking water like a fish lately and she said that at this point, that's not going to help. All I'm doing is replenishing the water in my ankles (and hands and legs and...). The swelling is not going to go down until I deliver and even then it may take weeks for it all to go away. Fun times!

- Baby's heartbeat was strong and easy to find. Once again, our "get out of my space" baby moved away from the doppler so we had to refind it. Stinker. That is going to be her first nickname, I'm sure.

- I'm a tight 1cm dilated. Cervix is very soft. Baby's head is way down there right on it. I could go into labor at any time or I could hold on for weeks yet. It's all a waiting game at this point.

Other things:
- Kris and I opened up our stroller last night. It took Kris only a few minutes to put it together. We both love it! It's a Schwinn jogging stroller and it has all these cool compartments, a cooler bag (Kris calls it his man-bag) , a rain tent that cover the stroller (and it stores right in the canopy!), etc. Anyway, we like it. :)

- We got the car seat inspected in Kris's car last night. It just barely fits! The passenger seat has to be all the way forward and upright for the car seat to fit in the back. That car is now officially our parent/child or parent/parent car but it will never be our parent/parent/child car! Good thing we have the Blazer too. Of course, if we had known last September that we were going to get pregnant 3 months later, we probably would not have bought out his lease on that car but instead traded it in for the Endeavor that we test drove. Oh well. Hindsight is always 20/20. We can't afford to trade it in now so it will just have to do for a bit longer. Besides, Kris likes his car and would be sad to have to give it up. As long as we have the Blazer, we'll be fine.

That's it. Nothing else new to report.