37 weeks

Waiting for signs that you are going to enter our world soon...went to the doctor today and I am 1.5 cm dilated and 30% effaced. Over the last few days I have started to feel not so great - nauseous in the mornings and evenings - sort of like the first trimester, when no food seems appealing and even minimal activity seems overwhelming. So maybe my body is starting to prepare for your arrival. Your heart rate is still in the 140s, and my iron level is well-above the danger zone - at 32 weeks it was sort of low (had to be 10.5 and was 10.4), so they gave me a prescription for an iron supplement, but when I filled it and received the pills, I noticed that they contained all these other ingredients, including the ubiquitous #4 red and #3 yellow...nasty fillers and GMO-ladden additives. So I opted instead to just try to eat more red meat. And, alas, today they re-tested my iron levels and it was 11.7. Just proves that a genuine diet is the solution to health, more so than supplements and pills. The furniture for your room comes tomorrow so it will be nice to create your space and feel your presence in our home. Still unpacking and waiting for deliveries of other furniture pieces so the house has a ways to go, but making progress.