no action down under

had our 36-week checkup with dr. leonard yesterday.  he introduced himself, shook our hands and was all up in my business down there!  where was the chit chat?  no funny banter?  geez.  anyhoo, he did the group b strep (GBS) test, checked my cervix and the position of the baby.  i was surprised to hear that ~25% of women carry GBS.  that's quite high!  hope i don't have it... *fingers crossed*.  if i do, they have to give me antibiotics so i don't give it to the baby during delivery.  dr. leonard said my cervix hasn't started thinning yet and the baby hasn't dropped.  basically NO ACTION down there!  baby is nice and cozy...  he's chillin.  ;)  dr said it doesn't mean that i won't go into labor next week.  you can't really tell.... he did an ultrasound and we got to see baby dragon (see video below)!  he's so big now - about 6 lbs!  crazy that i've gained so much weight and he's only 6 lbs.  dangit.  he's still in the perfect position for me to give birth - head down with his spine against the front of my tummy.  his head shouldn't move anymore because there's no room for that.  yay, dragon won't be breech!  but it is possible that he may spin around with his spine against mine.  hopefully not.  i don't want back labor...  heard that's very painful!  sad we couldn't see his face.  i had a dream the other night about what he may look like.  i guess if we really wanted to see his face, we could do a 3D ultrasound but i've always thought those pics look freaky.

probably obvious that i wasn't a big fan of dr. leonard.  he's so serious and so matter-of-fact. there is no smiling or hi-5s. :(  really wish dr. dobrenis wasn't on vacation this week! can't wait to see her next week.  as of now, dr. dobrenis is on call the day of my due date (until 5pm only) and the following weekend. she's usually on call tuesdays and fridays.  will try to get the schedule so i know which doctor to expect when i go into labor.  i doubt i'd really care who delivers my baby when the time comes.  i'll probably only care about the epidural then after that, i'll be happy as a clam.

4 more weeks from here until the due date.  i'm really hoping to be early by 1-2 weeks (but no more than that).  i definitely don't want to be late!  it's so uncomfortable now...  i just want to be able to see my toes,  walk without any worry of pain, bolt out of bed, do some stretching and be able to sleep without all these contraptions.  most of all, i'd like to meet our baby soon.  getting more and more excited but a little scared too!