37 Weeks!!!

Today Leyton and I ventured out to the Birth Center for my 37 week check up. I was seen by the midwives, but they did not check to see if my cervix has dilated. My belly measures at 34 cm with a total weight gain of 30 lbs. Baby Landon's head is positioned nicely in my pelvic bone, which explains why I've developed this lower back pain the last few days. When the midwife put the monitor on my belly to hear the heartbeat, not only did we get the heartbeat, we listened to Landon hiccuping in my belly. She or I had never heard the hiccups over a doppler before. It was so cute we couldn't help but to chuckle. We are eager and waiting to meet our newest addition to the family!

If everything goes according to plan I will deliver in the bath tub (photo below) and put Landon on the "I Was Born in Water!" list. Wish me luck! If you find water birth as intriguing as I do, you can read more about it at http://www.waterbirth.org/.