39 (or 40) week doctor appointment update:

I lost one pound this week, my blood pressure was exactly the same as last week (i.e. good) and everything else is about the same. I'm measuring 42 weeks and the baby is still engaged. This is all excellent news. I asked the doctor about how big she thought the baby was and she said 7.5 - 8 pounds. So, um little girl, can you come out now please? I don't want you getting much bigger in there!

Oh, and while the nurse was taking my blood pressure, I was reading the notes the nurse practitioner wrote on my chart last week. It was all about my swelling and such and then she wrote "patient is taking it very well." :) Ha! What am I supposed to do - get all depressed that I gained six pounds in one week while eating normally? There's nothing I can do about it so yeah, I say whatever. It was nice to see my weight go down one pound this week though.

So, I think I'm going to put my hospital bags in my truck just in case. I mean, really, I could go into labor at any time and the truck is what we'll be taking so why not just stick it in there?

And my mom is calling me every day now on her way home from work to see how I'm doing. Yesterday I answered the phone "I'm here and I'm fine." She laughed for five minutes at me then said that the next day she was just going to say ok and hang up. Also when I call my sister now, she gets all excited and breathlessly answers the phone only to hear me say "hi, I'm not in labor." She then lets out a big sigh and asks what I want. They are too funny!