Our baby! (maybe)

Volkswagen has a section of their website where you can create a Routan (Brooke Shields commercials) baby based on what mom and dad look like. This is what the site determined our little one could look like. Too funny! Hopefully we will find out what she REALLY looks like sooner than later!

Leave it to a man...

Matt was so focused on his voting experience yesterday that he didn't mention anything in his post about our appointment with the midwife. Where are his priorities?!

Regarding my fall on Monday, the midwife was upset that the OB nurse I spoke with didn't have me come in when I called. The midwife told me that they bring women into Labor and Delivery after a fall to monitor the baby for 6 hours. Since the baby has continued with her regular movement, the midwife was confident that everything is ok with baby and the placenta even though I wasn't monitored.

Unfortunately, they weren't able to schedule us for an induction on the 14th. The earliest they can get me in is at 8:00am on Monday the 17th. That seems so far away! Lord willing, baby will arrive on her own before then. We have a non-stress test scheduled for the 14th to make sure baby is still doing ok at 42 weeks.

I continue to have more and more mobility with my foot. My hope is that I have full functionality before baby arrives. I'd hate to have to wear my wooden shoe while carrying my new baby!

Also, I need to mention that there has been some confusion over Matt's claim that they let us have 3 ballots when we voted yesterday. Bottom line: he lied. Matt has a very strange sense of humor. :)

Civic Duty Called...

And we answered.

After going to Victoria's now-weekly midwife check-up, we swung by the one stop early voting site not five minutes up the road from our house. We were pleasantly surprised that there weren't too many annoying campaigners harrassing us as we walked in and there was no waiting in line to vote! The biggest surprise, however, came when I was able to convince the election official to give us three ballots instead of two.

One for me. One for Victoria. And one for baby.

At first the official was hesitant, but then I reassured her I was a law student and very familiar with Chapter 163 of the NC General Statutes which governs early absentee voting and clearly gives the right to vote to full term foetuses.

With our three ballots we were able to spread our family vote around to three different presidential contenders: Obama, McCain, and my favorite write-in candidate, Ronillary Edbamabee.

Unfortunately, I was less successful in arguing for a separate "I Voted Today" sticker for baby as we were exiting the polling place. Oh well... maybe next year?

My trip (and fall)

I had a little incident today while on UNC's campus visiting my customers. As I was heading up the stairs to enter one of the buildings, I lost control of my legs and fell up the last few steps. I landed pretty hard on the concrete at the top of the stairs. I fell on my side, and there was no direct trauma to my belly. Baby is moving around and is just fine. The OB nurses at UNC told me to take it easy for the rest of the day and continue to monitor baby's activity. I scraped open my hand and elbow, and I did some damage to my foot. Matt and I made a visit to the Orthopaedic Urgent Care Center at UNC to have my foot checked out. The doctor was fantastic. Due to the location of the pain, he determined that nothing could be done for my foot even if it is broken. Because of this and to prevent radiation exposure to the baby, he decided to not x-ray. He stuck me in a wooden shoe to keep me from further damaging the foot and he sent me hobbling on my way. I must admit that I look pretty pathetic with a big 9 month pregnant belly limping in a wooden shoe!

I think the moral of the story is that it's time to slow down. No more running up and down the stairs. My body showed me today that if I don't slow down on my own, it will stop working correctly anyways!

She's almost here

We're down to the wire. Baby should be here soon... or by November 14 at least. That's the date Victoria is tentatively scheduled for an induction. As we prepare for the little one, Victoria's been able to keep her spirits and energy remarkably high. The bags are packed, the car seat is installed, and the garage is even clean. Now we just wait to see when the baby will decide to come.