M.I.A. Pregnant Performance

She performed at the 51st Grammy's on her DUE DATE (02/08/09)!!! She gave birth 3 days later.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00021868.html

She is awesome. I was just dancing around the kitchen and I had to stop because my baby likes to get on my sciatic nerve and numb my right leg.

Ho Hum - Still Waiting...38 Weeks 6 Days

On Monday the doctor told me I was 2cm dilated and completely effaced. He asked if I wanted to have a baby this week, and I said YES! But when he said "hold on, let me call over there" and came back offering to induce me Wednesday morning, I realized it wasn't about mind over matter! So...that would have been today - like, right now. It was a little tempting - he described my cervix as "ripe" and thus the pitocin would likely not lead to a c-section. Also, we would really like him to deliver for us and he is leaving for vacation tomorrow for 10 days (sailing with 6 other dudes on a catamaran in the Virgin Islands).

But a natural birth is important to me and us, so we said no, thus I am blogging instead of pushing! The baby will probably stay in until he gets back anyway...

Doc is funny - we talked about natural ways to induce labor and he mentioned a small Danish study that was interesting...

I am considering going to Ikea today. I think I can go by myself...Ikea+Kat+Cilton+me on Monday made the baby room super cute+beautiful. I have a few things to return and I will buy an office chair for the home office. This folding chair with folded blankets for padding is not cutting it!

Names...

Vaughn
Oskar
Paxton
Logan
Biney (ha ha ode to Dexter)
Winston
Walton
Allister
Avery
Archer
Blaze
Drake
Brogan - this old Irish saint name approaches a Hollywood fantasy of Irish manliness
Owen
Guy
Kai

38 Weeks 2 Days

My mom is in town! We went to the Zilker Botanical Gardens and tried to walk until contractions started. We walked for an hour, but no contractions - only sweat...

The gardens are SO BEAUTIFUL right now. There are lots of flowers in full bloom - roses, poppies (my fave), columbine, banana magnolia...go to the new prehistoric garden RIGHT NOW and smell the banana magnolia - it is so amazing - it smells like banana runts taste.

Good job taking pictures mom!!!

37 weeks 3 days

We had another ultrasound today to measure growth. According to the tech and her computer, he weighs 7 lbs 10 oz. She also thought the smooshed baby face would look like mine...

I am still 1cm dilated and 90% effaced.

Doc released the restrictions from exercise, and because the baby is so BIG, doc prescribed extra exercise so that he will come sooner than later. So took my first walk in weeks and...

Angie came over to make dinner for us (yummy pesto pasta with red potatoes and green beans - she whipped it up in like 5 minutes!) - I was feeling contractions the whole time she was here and for hours after she left. She was pretty excited about the potential of him coming tonight! I started feeling the contractions at the store (around 6pm) and started timing them on Cilton's iphone app at 9:30 pm. Towards 11:30pm, they were averaging 40 seconds long at 4 min intervals. I called my mom and my doctor, but the contractions went away and we fell asleep.

37 Weeks 2 Days

I love Monday night TV night at Kat and Tray's. I always sit in this chair and Kat pampers me and we watch Breaking Bad which is the best show ever. The wife in the show is pregnant and whenever she does something a pregnant woman would do, everyone looks at me.