A mini-watermelon, huh? Popeye is looking all cramped up in there!
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Only seven more days until the estimated due date. If I'm like 80% of women, we'll have a baby within the next two weeks!
According to The Bump "Predicting a due date isn't an exact science (and can make for some pretty lucrative wagering), but there are definite signs that the time is near. Look for the bloody show, the passing of the mucous plug, diarrhea, nausea, energy spurts, contractions, and breaking of the water." Don't all of those signs sound lovely? I'm sure you are oozing with jealousy right now.
My goal is to make it to at least Friday at 2:09 pm. That's when I'm done teaching for the day and that's when it'll officially be 12 weeks remaining of the school year. I really am not interested in going into labor in front of a classroom of students while explaining the fine details of croissant creation or how to write and think critically like a food scientist. I have no interest in having my water break or really any of those other symptoms/signs in front of students. If I had my choice, I'd be staying at home next week, preparing for Popeye's arrival. But, I'm going to need a doctor's note for that.
What I didn't write about last week was that I actually started to have some pain in my lower abdominal region - I'm guessing it is similar to cramps but since I've never had those either - I'm not quite certain how to describe them. Anyway, it tightened and loosened for a handful of hours, sometimes more like a quick stabbing feel. They went away. I definitely didn't think they were contractions but simply an indicator of the impending arrival of Popeye. So when I went to the doctor last week and told her about the changes I had noticed, she had indicated Popeye's head was much lower than the previous week - which was attributing to the added pressure. Still doesn't feel like a bowling bowl between my legs so I'm guessing she hasn't made her final decent yet.
I will know more tomorrow when we go for the 39 week check-in!
