100 days

I've been watching all of my tickers closely for the last few weeks ... and today, my little brother had to remind me of the milestone I'd been watching for: 100 days until Elle's due date.

It feels like that's not a lot of time, but when I think about the fact that I'm in my 25th week, it seems like I've got some time to play with. As we get closer to the start of the third trimester (I mean, heck, I'm not even done with the second trimester yet!), I've started to let myself think about the possibility that Elle could arrive early, and this whole 40-week thing could be a big crock. Or she could be stubborn and arrive late. Either way, it's not something I can predict at this point, and 100 days really isn't a great determination of when she'll be here, but it's a significant number, regardless.

The photo of the ticker is actually quite funny. I believe Elle prefers being upright in the womb, as most of her kicks and movements are still pretty low. If she was flipped, I'd likely feel more jabs above my belly button. I don't think she spends much time in the position that the screengrab reflects, but she's got plenty of time (say, approximately 100 days) to do her baby gymnastics and work her way in to a head-down position.

And tomorrow, we'll be down to double digits :)

We have another doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and I'll have my 1-hour glucose test. I think we're also supposed to schedule our next ultrasound, which I am super excited about. It should be around 30-32 weeks. A friend of ours told me once that it was insanely hard to go 20+ weeks from the singular, "big" ultrasound that most people receive until the baby arrives, and while this is a medically necessary second ultrasound, I'm extremely glad that it will break up the second half of our pregnancy and we'll be able to see the baby again. (And hopefully with the new machine, too!)

My last class project is due in a week. Then I have to give my presentation two days later, and as of May 4, I am finished with my program. I'm about 99% sure my last day at the part-time job is coming quickly, although I still have to give them my two-weeks notice, and then ... I'll be down to working the full-time job and gestating the baby. I know I'll still be busy and have lots of things on the to-do list keeping me busy, but I absolutely can't wait for the extra free time, especially when I think that we've got about three months to prepare for our daughter. For the last few months (especially the last eight weeks, while in my ridiculously time-intensive class), most things have been at a complete standstill, including relaxing, socializing, cleaning, even grocery shopping, which Tim has been doing solo for several weeks. I'm already scheduling our one-day-off-a-week together with lots of fun and productive things, and it's making it hard to focus on these last few days of intense homework.