22 Days - Batten Down The Hatches

So, besides going in to work at 1am JUST to get 2 hours of work done,  today was a good day.  It was exhausting; due to the lack of sleep, but it was a good day just the same.  Today we had our first internal appointment for the baby.  EVERYTHING was perfect and fine.  There is still something about hearing my daughter’s heartbeat that melts my soul.  We talked about what kinds of birth control we were considering using after the baby, and I think it is something that should be discussed more.  My initial answer was “abstinence… yay” in the super-pathetic voice.  It is not that we do not want to have more children, quite the contrary.  The reason that it is important is that not only is it critical for my wife to let her body recover, but we want sometime between the children.  I do not want to put my wife through breastfeeding AND being pregnant at the same time.  Though it is more difficult to get pregnant when she is breastfeeding, it COULD still happen.

The funniest thing that happened at the appointment was when the Doctor went to check if our daughter was in the head down position.  I do not think that it took him more than a second before he exclaimed “Yep, that is the head, no doubt there”.  It was a combination of his raised pitch and his body language.  It was awesome.  He ensured us that things were fine and that our little one would be here before we knew it.

For the rest of the day, we ran some errands, cleaned, and the like.  Because TOMORROW marks the “all bets are off, sound the alarm, cell phone at the ready,  time to get the catcher mitt and hazmat suit out, and SOMEONE start boiling the water” “full term” mark, I decided to celebrate a little.  I brought home some flowers for my wife, and later I went out and purchased the classic Winnie the Pooh mobile and the 1 year picture frame.  This is a big deal.  I know that it is not NEARLY as big as when the labor starts, trust me.  However, I think that there are times that milestones are hit… and they should be recognized.  We ended the day by going to Steak N’ Shake (trust me, the only place that is better to eat is In-N-Out… and we are on the East coast so the nearest one is in Dallas Texas – ONLY 1,257 miles away) and then I drew a bath for my amazing wife… now, we are calling it a day. 

On a side note, I am a little anxious for another Tumbler Dad-To-Be (teaddybeardaddy).  They are going in to be induced today and I am praying that it goes smooth and well…. Also looking forward to seeing his little girl. 

I AM GOING TO BE A DAD, I am scared out of my mind, and it is sometimes the little moments that make all the difference.