Day 34... only 4 days to go? What?

Apparently it's true. Friday, March 26 is the delivery date... so our originally scheduled date held up! I don't have a time yet but should very soon. The paperwork for my OB's temporary privileges should be completed today so maybe tomorrow I'll know my daughter's scheduled birth time. Thursday I will have my last ultrasound to check on the placenta placement one more time before they decide where to cut and if they need to go horizontal or vertical with it. We know there are anterior and posterior placentas but unsure how high up they go, so we'll see!

I got some other good news today. My doctor-of-the-week decided to wean me off the labor-stopping meds because the effect they have on my heart rate. It goes up and down quite a bit and she doesn't want it pumping extra blood during the surgery, causing more bleeding than necessary. I do have to stay on the magnesium sulfate for now, but I am perfectly cool with that. The combo of the two was way worse than just the magnesium itself. I just need to keep aware of any contractions I have, but she wants me to be comfortable these last couple of days before the surgery. This means I won't get bugged as often in the middle of the night :) I was woken up every 2 hours... rotating between doing vitals and giving me the pill. Now I can just be woken up every 4... AND I don't have to go on the monitor every 8 hours anymore, just every 12. WHEW! My belly will be SO happy about that. Now this is all hoping nothing drastically changes between now and Friday... hopefully my body will behave.

I feel good... mentally, that is. I feel better than I have in a while. I guess because there is finally an end in sight instead of me just sitting here watching the days go by with no answers. That has been very rough, but the end is finally here, and all this will be just a memory.