Alton Update

Week Thirty-Six
Your baby is almost ready and most likely, so are you! The only organ still to mature is the lungs. While certainly you are both growing anxious to meet, remember that each day (up to 42 weeks), that your little one stays within your womb will multiply his chances to breathe on his own.
If he hasn't already, this week your baby may drop into the birth canal. While breathing for mom becomes easier, walking may be the exact opposite! If he's not your first baby, this "lightening" may not occur until right before labor.
Fat is dimpling your baby's elbows and knees, and forming creases in the neck and wrists.
His skin is growing smooth and, shall we say it, "baby" soft.
His gums are very rigid. It won't be many months before you'll see his teeth.
She has a fully developed pair of kidneys and her liver has begun processing some waste products.
Your child's average size is now 18.66 inches (47.4cm) and 5.78 pounds (2622 g). Between now and birth she will gain about an ounce a day!

We changed the hospital we are going to deliver at. We found out that Little Company of Mary has a spa tub for laboring mommies! They also have multiple full time lactation consultants, and they are much more natural delivery friendly than Torrance Memorial is. I went and pre-registered there today, so we are good to go for baby launch!

Small problem though, I tested positive for Strep B cultures, so I have to go to the hospital as soon as I am in labor, which means no lengthy laboring time at home like we'd planned. :( Strep B is a bacteria we all have on our skin, and mine just happens to have gotten into the birth canal which can cause Alton to become VERY sick when he is born if I do not receive IV anti-biotics while I am in labor. If you know me well, you know I am not a fan of IVs or needles. :( At least our little boy will be safe.

One of the other neat things about LCOM is that they keep the baby in the room with you pretty much at all times. They even do the newborn tests and his first bath right there in your delivery room, so I can witness his first bath. The only time he will have to go to the nursery is when Dr. Lynch circumcises him. Or as Travis is affectionately calling the procedure, the weiner wacking.

I am starting to feel like poop. I am tired and feel plain icky. :( It will all be over soon and then my sleep deprivation can start!