37-Week Doctor Visit

>> Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Ugh. I think I almost forgot how horrible this feeling is -- that achy, crampy menstrual soreness. I'm not going to be excited to get back to that. I was prepared for the pain of tonight's cervical exploration, but it wound up being worse than last week's, complete with these menstrual-like cramps. Which, according to today's baby e-mail update, is how labor pains start, so I guess I should get used to it. And it's only going to get worse, right?

We only waited for a few minutes tonight, which was nice, and then I got weighed (below) and blood-pressure checked (good) and "Undress below the waist." Ugh.

Dr. G came in and asked how Baby and me were doing, to which I responded "Getting terrified." She made some small talk about how women have been doing this forever and I'll be fine. She listened to the heartbeat (good) and measured my belly (perfect -- just where I'm supposed to be, she said). Then she put on her gloves and I hunkered down for her to attack my insides.

It definitely hurt more than last week, although she said that it should start hurting less and less as the baby drops and they don't have to reach up so far to check things. After what felt like a hellish forever, she reported that I'm "still" about one centimeter (which was news to us, because Dr. A didn't report any dilation last week), but I'm "nice and soft" at about 75 percent effaced.

Also, my Strep test came back negative, so no worries there. "See you in a week!" I hobbled off the table. Bill said he had expected her to say I was five centimeters dilated and we had to go to the hospital. I'm glad she didn't say that.

I requested a Monday appointment for next week, mostly so we can see Dr. A instead of Dr. G, but I gave the excuse that Tuesday is my birthday. It's also going to be interesting because I keep saying that I'm going to go into labor on July 13, which is Monday. We'll see if Baby Pavlou and Dr. A agree with that.

ONLY 21 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE DUE DATE!!!

Today's weight gain: 0.8 pounds
Total weight gain: 31.2 pounds

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Steph and Bill

We officially met at Rowan University, in Bozorth Hall, in publication layout class in January 2003: Bill was a student, I was the professor’s helper. He kept pretending he didn’t know how to make bulleted lists, but I knew he just wanted me to keep running over to his computer.


We basically moved in together and started dating at the same time, and spent a couple of years hanging out and dreaming about the future and driving up and down the NJ Turnpike from our parents houses to “our” apartment in Glassboro, until we both moved back home after graduation from grad school. Where the pressure to get married already really started.


On June 17, 2005, I suggested we go into the city to see the Empire State Building, because it was something neither of us had ever done. On the walk from the train, I put on my left hand a ring he had given me for Christmas — I said I didn’t need a ring to know we were going to get married, and anytime he got around to it was fine. Whatever. Typical Steph-fighting-words.


When we got to the Empire State Building, I tried to go inside, but he kept me outside, saying how big the building was. I said, yeah, that’s great, let’s go inside, and started to walk toward the door. He grabbed my arm and spun me around to kiss and hug me, and said, Take that ring off that hand. If you’re going to have a ring on that hand, it has to be the right one. And he put his hand in his pocket and pulled out a box and got down on his knee on the New York concrete and proposed. People coming out of the building stopped to watch. I cried.


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Miss Maeberry

Miss Maeberry came into our lives on March 24, 2007. She was born Jan. 11 of that year in the Poconos, and we rescued her as soon as we could. (Not really, but, well, we were glad to bring her home from the breeders’.) She was a tiny, scared, little bundle of fur … and then she grew up. Aside from the plethora of health issues she has, she’s a bit crazy. But we love her anyway.


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Xavier Shea

The love of all of our lives, and the main subject of this blog. Xavier came into our lives on Aug. 1, 2009, and quickly shot up both on the growth charts and in our hearts.


Let’s not waste anymore time here and just get to it, shall we?

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