Week 38 Update

So it's now week 38 and I am still dilated one whole whopping centimeter. Apparently this process is supposed to teach me patience. We went to the doctor yesterday and she currently weighs 6 pounds and 4 ounces and is in the 32nd percentile for weight. Which is smaller than Cousin Blake - sorry Aunt Amy! Barrett requested a larger baby but as the one doing the pushing I am just fine with her current size. As my doctor said, this isn't fishing, you don't throw them back for being too small. He actually said that but then he is a weird little man.

In other developments her head is now pushing on my pelvic bone which is in turn pushing on some ligament - should have paid more attention in anatomy class. Apparently this is actually a good thing. The fact that it now hurts the vessel to walk doesn't seem to concern anyone. Such is life as the vessel.

We also took a breastfeeding class last night. And yes, I did make my support person come with me. Barrett is now the bra - I stole that line from Courtney. At the end we had to watch a video - they are big on outdated videos in these classes. So as to not excite the fathers in the room they apparently found the most trollish looking woman they could find to star in the video. First shot is of her naked breasts - the men may be getting excited at this point - then they pan up to her head - big let down. Granted this was obviously filmed in the 80s but this woman was sporting bottle cap glasses, a permed mullet and the worst buck teeth I have ever seen. Apparently Heidi Klum was not available. For me, it was the highlight of the class. And Barrett may now kill me for telling that story online. Or at a minimum withold my M&M McFlurry.

Something I have learned while being pregnant that I thought I should pass on to all of my yet- to-be-pregnant friends. You can get a lot more done on the weekends when you aren't hungover. Who knew??? Granted the weekends aren't nearly as exciting but still, it's something to try every once in a while.