Full Term!

Apparently thirty seven weeks is considered full term-I thought it was 38. I am 37 (and a 1/2) weeks along! It is very exciting to be at this point where the baby could come any day, as they say. Though I suspect that she won't be here for a little while longer, walking around knowing that we could meet her any day now is pretty thrilling. I did not get to experience this part of pregnancy with Bennett since he was a scheduled c-section. So, I am probably kind of funny to live with right now...but I will let Rob be the judge of that. I am all over the place, running around trying to have every little thing ready. Our bags are packed, plans are made, and Grammy and Auntie Kate are on call (thank you!).

Last week I had some pre-labor developments. Don't read this paragraph if pregnancy details freak you out. I had a bunch of Braxton-Hicks contractions at the beginning of the week (Mon.-Wed.). No big deal, just the tightening and loosening of my belly, I knew it was nothing "real." At my doctor's appointment, however, I found out I am 1cm dilated. Now to some, this may not seem like much, but I was pretty much jumping for joy. In all honesty, until last week I didn't have a lot of faith that my body would do the labor thing on it's own. Then on Wed. night, I had all kinds of contractions- close together, in my lower abdomen, and my lower back (a sign of labor). I was pretty sure it wasn't labor, but again, I enjoyed every moment of it-I'm weird, I know-because something was obviously happening. Thursday morning came, and she had dropped; I am pretty sure that is what all the commotion was about. Nothing much has happened since that exciting evening, but all signs point to baby Elle getting ready for the real world. Rob is actually out of town in Sacramento this week, so if she does come soon, hopefully she can at least wait until Thursday night :)!

Here are a couple of pics. Rob took yesterday:

Maybe our next post will be baby pictures!