Just waiting and many questions...

So now we're officially “just waiting”. I'm 39 weeks pregnant and Daniel Peter could arrive at any moment but we just don't know when - the estimated due date, March 7th, is now only 6 days away. Every few hours we ask ourselves: Will it be today? When will it be? Will we have to leave for the hospital in the middle of the night? What kind of delivery will I have? Will he be head-down? Will it be quick or long? So many questions that will soon be answered - but we just don't know when!

Everything is ready waiting for him, my mother is here, our hospital bags are packed, both Jonny and I finished in the past week important work-related tasks we wanted to... so... “Come baby, we can't wait to meet you!" I know that I'll soon look back at this "waiting time" as a special time, but it's hard at times since I'm feeling more and more uncomfortable and feel that we can't do much else to prepare except to be very patient and resist our natural desire to want to be in control of events...

Yesterday, was a fun day and I was thankful for feeling more energetic than usual. After our weekly appointment with the midwife and finding out that he was again in a transverse/breech position (we're still hopeful he will turn again, he continues to do so every few days!), I went to get my hair washed and blow-dried at a salon and then had a luxury pedicure. It was fun to be pampered and get my toe nails painted since I haven't been able to reach my toes easily in a few months and will probably not have time to take care of them for a while!

Anyway, I hope that the next blog I write will be to announce his arrival and to write about our first moments together... but in the meantime, we will continue to “just wait" and enjoy this special time of anticipation and many questions...