December 12

Today I am 36 weeks and 3 days pregnant with little Morehead #3, and that means I am farther along than I have ever been—Simon was delivered at 34 weeks and Ian at 36 weeks and 2 days. Yes, I’m a little obsessive when it comes to figuring these things out. And in what I think is a really cool coincidence, it was exactly two years ago today—December 12, 2009—when I was officially farther along with Ian than I had gotten with Simon. (For those of you who are interested in the history, I never did get around to writing about Simon’s actual birthday [drat! I wonder what I can still remember], but the events leading up to that day are chronicled here and here and Ian’s story is here.)

So hurrah for still being pregnant! I had a very good appointment with the midwife this afternoon. My blood pressure is lower than it was last week, and other than what seems to be “normal” swelling, there are no signs of PIH. We are thankful.

In terms of “doctor’s orders,” I’m supposed to “keep doing what I’ve been doing,” which these days is a lot of laying on my left side and keeping my feet up. Although I thought I might have preferred a little space, I just couldn’t deny Simon’s request to snuggle with Baby Clara.

DPP pics from past years: 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010