Dr. Appt. Update

Well, we had our 36/37 week appointment on Monday. We went in for an ultrasound and got to have a lot of fun watching our daughter dance around the screen. She was VERY active for quite a while. Toward the end she started to settle down and get comfy, we even got a cute profile shot of her moving her little had toward her mouth getting ready to suck her thumb...taking after her mama! Maybe that means she'll be like me and sleep through the entire night at 6 weeks...we can only hope :)

My fluid levels are still incredibly high, the baby has not started dropping at all yet (according to Dr.'s measurements), and she seems very content and comfortable in there. All that talk of no more than 3 weeks and early labor may be out the door at this point. As uncomfortable as I am and as ready as I am to have my body back (aching ribs and having to pee every 30 minutes is only fun for so long), I am wanting to work as long as I possibly can BEFORE the birth so that after my leave is over I don't have a whole lot of time left to go back before the school year is over. I prefer to just knock as much of it out now as I can and only have a few weeks left at the end.

I got a chance to talk to the Dr. about not getting the epi. He was very positive about it, which makes me very grateful that I chose a Dr. who is a little older and more old fashioned. He told me that all of the women early on in his days of Obstetrics did it with no meds and that he was sure I could do it with no meds, too, if it's what I want. I don't want to totally close my mind to the idea because I don't want to get to the point where I am so exhausted that my body has a hard time working but I really do like the idea of trying to do it without the pain meds. Mostly because I'm a control freak and hate feeling like I have no control over how the pain affects me. We'll see! :)

That's it as far as the appointment is concerned. We have another one Monday and another the following Monday but that's as far as they wanted to schedule me in advance, after that they'll schedule if I haven't gone into labor.

Ok, back to the name game. The second name that we will not be using is:

Apple

While I'm sure Gwenneth had a great reason for naming her daughter after a food, I just can't do it to my own child. Just the thinking about that name makes me hungry (as any mention of food does at this point in the game) and I just don't want people to think of food when they think of my daughter. Sorry!