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Labor Watch 2010/37 Weeks Down

Song Lyric of the Day:

Will things ever be the same again? / It’s the final countdown / The final countdown

As of 4:01AM Sunday morning, Rich and I started Labor Watch 2010. I can pinpoint the time because 4:01AM Sunday was exactly one minute after my first intentionally missed dose of Niphedipine (aka Procardia). Since being discharged from the hospital on August 7, I’d been taking a pill every four hours to keep the contractions at bay. Yes, every four hours, even overnight, not just waking hours. My doctors said to stop taking it once we hit 37 weeks, so now I’m no longer taking the magic contraction-stopping pills and Coraline is free to come whenever she wants. Of course, as much as we want to meet her, we still hope she stays in the oven a bit longer. But we’ll see.

We spent the majority of our long holiday weekend nesting. First up was our Special Delivery class on what to expect for labor and delivery (freaking the hell out, that’s what). Then a big trip to Babies “R” Us to pick up some last-minute necessities and tweak our registry a bit more. Then it was time to assemble Coraline’s bassinet, which is now stationed in our bedroom, and put together her stroller and bouncer, and finish up the list of people to send thank you cards to. You know — nesting. So we’re feeling a bit more prepared now, although I’m still scared about the upcoming labor. I just keep reminding myself that as long as she arrives safe and healthy, the pain and her father’s broken hands will be worth it.

We wrapped the weekend up with our last date night as a couple — no bambina to get home to yet. Thanks in large part to the debit card I won from a Half Off Depot Knoxville Facebook promo a few weeks ago, Rich and I enjoyed a divine dinner tonight at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. I swear, I ate my weight in food. Totally worth feeling like I was going to pop afterward.

And that’s how our long holiday weekend went. Now we wait …

37 weeks and one day on our big date night

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