I never thought I'd be happy to see the end of a weekend, but I'm glad that this weekend is over. For one, it means that I made it through the immersion conference and it also means that we're only 2 weeks away from the big due date. And it seems that everything is moving along as it should be...
At my appointment last week, after waiting for baby to wake up to pass all his/her tests, the doctor examined me and determined that I was dilated to 1 cm and 50% effaced, which means that I'm 50% thinned out, so things are progressing as they should be and there's hope that by next week (the big week 39), my body might be ready to induce labor.
Aaron finished his first week of work and it went pretty smoothly. They kept him busy and he seemed to enjoy the work he was doing. He even got paid - can't beat that!
And I made it through the conference. I presented a 3-hour workshop on Thursday afternoon on struggling immersion learners, a project I'd been working on with a professor since my first fall here, and then Saturday I participated/presented in a 2-hour symposium on the language use patterns of immersion learners. I had served on the organizing committee for the conference, so it was exciting to see 600+ teachers from around the country and the world (Hong Kong, Greenland, Brazil, New Zealand, Finland, Canada, etc.) come together. The days were long though - I was there for about 12 hours on Thursday, 15 on Friday and 8 on Saturday. Saturday was pretty rough - my body wasn't too happy with me, but I made it through. I made a lot of great connections with some well-known researchers, which I'm sure will serve me well as I start my professional career here in another year or two - And I decided that if this weekend didn't push me into labor, then nothing I can do will make this baby want to come out.
He/she hasn't dropped yet, currently baby is kicking me in the ribs, and I'm starting to wonder if he/she'll ever want to come out, seems pretty happy with where he/she is. I keep trying to tell baby that the outside is more fun and that it is possible to grow outside too - we'll see if it reaches the baby or not!
A few more days until the next appointment, at which point I'll update you all again. Until then, we'll keep plugging away, waiting anxiously for any signs that "birth time" is just around the corner-
1 comment:
Congrats on making it through the weekend. It would be long anyway but in addition to pregnancy, that is quite an accomplishment!! Congrats. These last weeks are the toughest but soon enough you'll have that little one here and your life will never be the same! Look forward to hearing the good news.
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