Baby Status Update

Yesterday again found us in Miles City for what is now the weekly trek to the doctor's office. Last week, Anne found herself waddling much more than usual and having more contractions & cramping...so she hurriedly threw a hospital bag into the car (if a 9 mo pregnant lady can really hurry lugging nearly everything she owns) and ran in to Doc Dan, our local healthcare provider for a quick check. After drinking copious amounts of water and promising (again) not to try and stack wood, drag antelope, etc, she was sent back out of the Clinic to wait until yesterday's update with her regular OB in Miles.

The stats:
Blood pressure - Elevated, although not dangerously so. Bottom number was 80 but hey, at least we remembered half the info

Baby position - Head down, waaaay down. In fact, all doctors thus far have been rather shocked at how well a 5ft 5 petite person can manage to hide a baby this far along. Next time, she'll attempt to hide an entire cruise ship. Apparently, the measurements (fundal length, etc) read more for someone only 28-30 weeks along. As in sneeze and maybe........

Cervical dilation - 1 cm and holding from this past several weeks

Effacement - 60%

For the past week, House of Miller has been suffering from a cold/flu bug and Anne was prescribed some antibiotics to get rid of any issues in her lungs with the cough. We think that having a baby without coughing/sneezing/wheezing through the process is a tall enough order, especially considering that we had a migraine for the ride last time. The "plan" is to wait out the next week, then revisit the OB next Monday. On Tuesday, the 10th, Anne takes her last dose of the anti-go-into-labor-and-have-baby-along-road-with-AAA-phone-support and we will wait and see what happens. Sally, Anne's mom, is hurriedly packing away in Idaho and plans to appear sometime after the 10th as well.

We DO plan to again lose all dignity and post pictures of the pregnant lady of the house for all to see....along with a picture of the swimsuit she ordered on discount from Land's End in a size that might fit in the next ten years. (Take a breath, dear reader, we did say photo of alongside.....not photo of Anne wearing) It was supposed to be the "reward" for hopping back into "normal" clothes....but after viewing, the modest one-piece instead appears to have exactly 1/4 of the total fabric currently involved in the prego lady's single pair of underwear. *Sigh*