I had a doctors appointment yesterday. I had a ton of contractions this past Saturday when Cole was out of town, and ever since I have felt that things have been different with my body. I had a feeling that my body was readying for the big day. So, when I went to the doctor I told her that I thought something had changed and that I wanted to be checked out. Well at least I can say that I know my body - my cervix is 70% effaced and the baby is 'engaged' in my pelvis and is at a -1 stage. Stages of 'engagement' go from -3 to 3. They don't count stages until you have dropped. 3 is crowning, and -3 is in the pelvic region but there is still some room for the head to go downward into the cervix. Needless to say baby Harper knows where the exit is and is ready for his or her debut. I was now told that I need to take it easy for the next few weeks to make sure the baby makes it to 37 weeks for full lung development. I have been ordered by the doctor to take it easy and not do much, including only working half days at work. For those of you that know me this won't be easy because I don't do well being told what to do against my will, and I don't like to be required to sit still. It is even harder because I have officially hit my nesting mode and have a million things that I want to do. It should be hard but I know it is necessary for the little one. I want to be able to take the baby home with us and don't want to see our little one in the NICU. So, here goes a few weeks of relaxing!
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