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Introduction

Hello All, I can't say right now if this will be a long or short entry. I think it depends on how far my mind rambles.

Let me start by saying, I'm 38 weeks today, yippeee yi-yo! Who would have ever thought I was gonna make it this far and still be pg? Not only am I still pg, I'm ready to be not pg any longer. I don't mean that to sound bad, I just haven't had a great pregnancy and I just want my baby, and my body, and to get rid of all this pain.

Appointment: I had a doc appt last Friday and explained to doc that we were moving on Saturday. No big deal to her, she just checked me one last time, a looser 2 cm, 80% effaced, -2 station and a 8 1/2 + baby, whoa, for real, that big? I asked for a quick u/s but she didn't have time so she used her hands and that was her prediction. She knew I was gonna be upset by that and said, "I'm not saying this to scare you but..." oh yea, well it did scare me, it terrifies me. Terrifies me to no end. I don't really think I can do that, honestly, I don't see it happening, especially since I probably won't be having an induction, this guy could stay in there for quite some time longer and get to be much bigger than he is now, argh. Ok, now are you seeing my terror? Other than that, she gave me a hug, said good bye and asked me to mail her a picture of Walker once he arrives.

Pregnancy: I'm in pain most of the day, everyday. I am having lots of contractions but they have NO pattern to them whatsoever. And, then, there is this big ol' baby doing his karate chops and gymnastics in there and hurting me. It is hard to believe he has any room left to move around, what in the world could he possibly be doing in there?

My Mom came on Sat before Christmas and on Sunday we spent 7 hours walking the stores, but not one contraction to speak of, not regular ones anyway. But, I paid for it that night. The hip pain, the pelvic seperation stuff, that is killing me. When I get in and out of the car, I can sit down and put my left leg in, but someone has to lift my right leg for me, I just can't make it move, I have no idea what the problem is.

On a funny note, Wayne is a bath-aholic, he loves to sit in the tub and will do so for 2 hours or more at night, sometimes snoring while in there. I am more the kind to get in and out and call it a bird bath because I see just how quick I can dip and clean and get out. Well, when Walker gets on these tears of activity, I can get in a warm tub of water and he settles right down, just like his daddy, lol! I can't wait to see if he likes a bath that much when he gets here, lol!

And, finally MOVING: Well, we aren't moved yet. The mover that was suppose to show up on Saturday had truck problems and couldn't move us. So we are still here waiting on this guy to get his truck fixed or finding someone else to move us. As of today, right now at 5 pm on Monday, here is the plan, but it has changed 3 times today alone, lol! We got someone coming by tomorrow afternoon to check the brake systems and then move us on Wed. and of course all of that is contigent on Walker staying put til then. I called and made another doc appt today for Thursday afternoon, that was when we thought we were going to wait on the guy to get his truck fixed and move us on Sat., so now, I may have to cancel that and go back to thinking about having this baby in Birmingham. Something I don't mind doing at all, just a little scared of having baby and not having a doc that knows my history, not getting an epidural b/c they are busy asking me questions and doing labs and junk like that. Just general worry b/c I have nothing else to do I suppose. My mom and I, ok, mostly my mom, packed up the camper on Thur and Friday of last week, so now it is just a matter of a mover showing up and actually moving us.

If plans change AGAIN, I'll let you guys know. And, of course, if Walker shows up, you guys will be some of the first to know. I think we will have the highest tech baby on-line since Wayne has got laptop, camcorder and digital camcorder all synchronized and ready to put out the picture's, lol! Just don't be looking for any pics of me, he has been warned that I better not find pics of myself in pain from labor floating around on the web.

Ok, I've rambled plenty and let this get waaaaaaaay to long.......so, I'm out of here to see if I can settle my unborn child down, I can't wait til I have to get off-line b/c my newborn needs my attention instead of my "unborn" baby needs my attention, lol!

Thanks for reading,
Jerri Ann and Walker (oh the wild one)