So how to pass the time? We spent the day relaxing, napping, watching Season 6 of 24, taking walks around the block- and tonight celebrating!
The final belly picture..... 39 weeks. Do you think it is a 50 pound baby?
It will be a big day tomorrow- there is a reason they call it labor I suppose.
I feel grateful that the testing on Thursday suggests a healthy baby. Grateful I was able to work until the end. Grateful for the last two weeks of rest.
It is impossible to be in this moment without writing from a deep place. As I prepare for Zach to make his entry into this world there is a calm, as if I am floating steadily on this tide of emotion. I remember another time- as a bride standing in a stairwell ready to walk down the isle. Waiting with my dear friends and taking in the feeling that my whole life led up to that single moment. Seven days following my med school graduation and on the brink of major changes (new city, new house, new job) there was no fear just peace.
I am not the same person that I was on that day. Changed by the struggles to have a baby, including a very sad Thanksgiving two years ago. Weathered by a broken wrist and broken hip. Finding escape from disappointment. Discovering that beyond what was expected, outside of what can be controlled there are new possibilities.
Again a new beginning for me and for a little person whose name will be Zachary Alexander- a new life. What an amazing birthday gift!
