It appears I am in early labor and despite my midwive’s attempts to catastrophize my pregnancy and induce me (7 hospitalizations in all thus far) they have finally backed off and are letting Nature call the shots. Over these past 8 weeks of light duty and then bedrest, my blood pressure has stabilized, Baby Gibbs’ heart rate is textbook perfect on the monitor and 6 blood draws have failed to show any compromise to Baby.
John and I await the arrival of Baby in the next few days. We are choosing to spend the early stages here at home. The food is better (my run of the fridge and pantry v. Jello and broth) and we have a whirlpool tub and balance ball. Also there are all those reruns of Law and Order to watch.
