A cold belly

I was talking to Justin the other day about the saying, "I've got cold feet". I told him that for pregnant women getting close to delivery they should say, "I've got a cold belly". It really isn't that funny of a joke, but lately it has been true as I've tried to make sure that my belly and under belly are covered so I don't feel a draft. I'll take a belly picture one of these days, but for now I thought I'd just give an update. WARNING: If you don't like labor talk, skip to your next favorite blog.

I went to the doctor yesterday for my 36 week appointment. It was the first time for me to be "checked for progress" so it is fun for me to feel like I have a little more to report than just the heartbeat and my blood pressure (because I surely won't be reporting my weight :). The Dr. said that the baby looks like he is about 6.5 lbs (I hope he was wrong because I still technically have 4 weeks left and the baby is supposed to gain 1/2lb. per week- YIKES!). The doctor also said that I'm dilated to a 2 and 60% effaced. Last time around I would have been dancing around bragging about how soon I thought I would go into labor, but this time I am really planning on the baby coming on time or at most a week early. Gracie was born on her due date, so I'm not expecting anything too early on. It does wonders for my patience to have a busy Christmas in the way and a lot of projects that I'd like to get done before our baby boy arrives. Anyway, they said everything else looks good.

I went to a baby shower of a friend last night and found some facts for her:
-the highest official number of children born to one mother is 69. It was in Russia in the 1700's and in 27 pregnancies she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. 67 survived infancy.
- Joseph and Mary walked 130 miles to Bethlehem while Mary was great with child (It made me wonder if she went full term)
-The longest human pregnancy was 17 months and 9 days (I might need to do more research on this one...sounds sketchy to me).
-The earliest surviving preemie was born at 22 weeks and weighed 10 ounces
-The oldest mother to give birth was 67 years old (in the last few years)- Not counting bible stories.
-The shortest interval between two children in seperate confinements is 208 days. The mother had a son on September 3, 1999 and a daughter on March 30, 2000.