Third Culture Kid(s)

Had my last prenatal appointment before the scheduled c-section next Tuesday, and so far so good.  BP was behaving remarkably well - in the 120s/80s at the doctor’s office, which is next to unheard of for me - and I’m more effaced but not very dilated.  The doctor thought that, barring any sudden moves on the part of my body/2.0, we should make it to Tuesday.  Here’s hoping; we’re looking at the possibility of icky weather this weekend, and I’d just as soon not have to go trekking out into it to give birth.

In the meantime, 2.0 is still pretty active so far and that’s been reassuring.  His heartbeat was good at the dr.’s office - also reassuring.  I’ve been having a terrible time trying to sleep at night since we’ve been here at my parents’ house, but I figure it’s part general discomfort, and part subconsciously getting onto the New! Revised! Sleeping Schedule.  MM’s been doing better, though; she started off our time here on somewhat rocky ground (for her, anyway; she’s generally a roll-with-the-punches kind of kid, but she’s obviously been a little off.  Part of it was not pooping - something that resolved a couple of days ago, happily.  But part of it, I think, is knowing that something is up, and not being able to figure out/understand what that something is.  I think it will help more when Daddy comes on Saturday, but in the meantime she seems to be coming down from Defcon 5 a little).

So that’s the state of things at this point.  I don’t know how much I’ll be posting between now and then, but I’ll keep everyone updated on how things are going once they’re actually going somewhere.  In the meantime…wish us luck.