37 weeks

Full term!!!!! Wow!

I had my appointment on Tuesday. Everything still looks great, the baby measures right 37 weeks and he is still a boy. I started having scary pre-labor dream. The one that freaked me out was that I had a baby and was told that it was a girl. My first thought was: "What I'm going to tell Chris? He was expecting a boy." The second thought was "What are we going to do with all the boy's clothes?" :) Then later in the dream I went to check on the baby and it was a boy. It was funny that he had long body and long legs. I had to ask for a second blanket as one wasn't long enough to wrap him.

Anyway, my appointments were great. I got to see our Excellent Boy (my ultrasound doctor once called him that). He has some good cheeks now. His heart rate was also good. Actually, I monitor his heart rate every day now. The clinic gave me a special monitor that tracks his heart rate for 20 minutes and makes a chart. Then I send it to my doctor through internet and she checks it. I really like it. I like to listen to his heart and watch his heart rate increasing up to 160 every time he moves or kicks the sensors :) and sometimes he starts having hiccups during the test. It's funny!

Last week Chris got back from the states. Thank God he is back home. His next trip will be in January and my parents will come and stay with me and the baby here. So Chris brought all the baby clothes we bought and received as gifts. We have lots of stuff! Great stuff! I have already washed and ironed all newborn clothes and put them in the closet. One of the main things that are left on my list are to have major cleaning of our place and buy a baby carriage. Unfortunately, the cleaning lady I have found is constantly busy and just cancelled tomorrow's visit. I just hope that she will come next week. I want to get it over with. After the place is cleaned we will put our wall decoration in the nursery. I think it will look great. We will also have to practice installation of the car seat. We don't have a car here and we use our company's drivers for all the rides we need to take.

I'm a little upset as Chris has started having second thoughts on the baby name. We have chosen the baby name about 5 months ago and I kept asking him if he really likes it. He always said yes. So I started calling our little guy this name. Every day I liked it more and more and I think that it's perfect for my son. The problem is that I'm Russian and we have chosen an American name. I don't have any background information about the name, I just like the way it sounds. Actually, it's the only name I really liked after I looked through baby name sites. I can easily picture my whole family calling our boy this name, including grandmothers. After Chris got back he said that he is not sure about the name. He said that it sounds weird when he says it. I think that any name would sound weird as we haven't seen the baby yet and it's still unbelievable to realize that we are having the baby. I understand what he means. He is afraid to make a mistake and choose a name that he may not like later or people may not like. It's a huge responsibility. At the same time if we like the name, the family will like it. I think that he just needs to hear someone else's opinion. I don't know what to do. I really like the name we chose but I also want him to like it the same much. At the same time I don't want to ask for people's opinion and be forced into changing the name. It sucks! I wish it came up earlier not three weeks before the baby comes. At this point I feel like my boy is being taken away from me if we call him a different name. And the problem is I don't think I will like any other names. It was hard enough to choose the one we have chosen. At this point I'm afraid that if we choose a different name I will regret not using the name we have initially chosen.

37 weeks


It's funny that when I look at myself the belly doesn't look that big to me and I'm concerned that it's small :) I'm so used to it now but I still have no sense of how big my body is at this point as I always bump into doors or drawers. I took a few pictures yesterday and saw that the belly IS big! As Chris said, don't worry you look VERY pregnant!

The weather is changing here. Yesterday it snowed for the first time for about 15 minutes. Now it's the whole freaking process to go to a grocery store: put on warm stockings, pants, belly band, sweater, hat, scarf not to mention coat that I cannot button on my belly :)) and I refuse to buy a new one just for three weeks. Needless to say that I'm already tired after I get dressed. I guess I won't be out that much if it's really cold outside.

I have two classes left. On Saturday I want to go to a breastfeeding class. We'll see how it goes. I haven't bought the breast pump yet, maybe they will have some good advice on what to choose. I guess that's it for now. I just hope Chris will make his mind on the name and I so hope that he likes the name that have initially chosen.