The end is near

…in more ways than one.

 Today we took possession of our new home.  We’ve got most of the packing done – there’s boxes everywhere.  Who knew we had this much stuff lurking in our home??  This Saturday will be moving day.  So the end is near for the packing end of things – unpacking will just be starting after this weekend.

As of October 28, I will be off work for a whole year.  I’m very excited about this.  I missed the year maternity leave with my last one (had to go back after 6 months).  I’m really looking forward to enjoying a full year off with our baby.

I also saw my doctor today.  I’m at 36 weeks.  She gave me “the papers”.  The papers I’m supposed to keep on me at all times just in case I go into labour.  She said the baby’s head is pretty much ‘down’, which is kind of interesting because often after you’ve had a few babies, the baby doesn’t actually ‘drop’ until you’re in labour.  This is baby number 3 for me.  Still, I’m not banking on going into labour early (my 2 boys were both reluctant to leave the womb and had to be ‘coaxed out’ / ie: labour was induced one week and one & a half weeks past my due date).  My husband says I’m pretty ‘chirpy’ about the whole ‘being late’ thing, and my doctor stressed that every pregnancy is different.  I guess we’ll see who’s right in a few weeks time.

(and who’ll be doing the chirping then)  🙂