Home Stretch

What a difference one week makes. At my last appointment, I had horrible red, itchy, burning rashes all over my body. Today, my rashes look so much better. My showers aren't painful anymore and I was able to use my normal soap for the first time in days, instead of that nasty smelling pine tar soap. The redness is not as flared, and the itchiness isn't as severe. I had another doctor's appointment today, this time with my favorite doctor. It went so well. He took his time to talk to me about my PUPPPs and everything else pregnancy. I'm in the home stretch now and can go into labor any day. I've gained 33 lbs so far this pregnancy. He felt my belly and said the baby's head is still very low. He also checked me and said I was 60% effaced (thinning of cervix) and a little over 1cm dilated. This doesn't mean that I'll deliver tomorrow or even very soon because everyone is different. Some people, especially in first pregnancies, can go weeks with this before delivering, but I can't help but feel positive that my body is progressing and getting ready for the delivery. I hope she comes sooner than later. At my last follow-up sonogram, I was measuring at 9/17/09 due date, 8 days ahead. My doctor said this means he does not want me to go too over my due date of 9/25/09. Since the baby is measuring big, it's safer and even a more of a reason to deliver the baby closest to the due date, and not go too past the due date. Hopefully, this baby is NOT late, though. I can only wait and see. All I know is that I'm planning on doing a lot of walking this weekend!