It's official

Yup. I'm going to be pregnant for the rest of my life. I'm going to be taking Tater to kindergarten in my belly. I'm convinced.

So, yeah, we had another doctor's appointment today and the full moon is tonight and there no sign that Mr. or Miss Tater wants to join us out here yet. S/he is chillin'. Actually, s/he is dancing in my pelvis ... but baby seems to be quite comfortable in there. The full moon didn't even work in our favor tonight. (Not yet anyway!)

Get this: the ultrasound estimate puts the baby at 8lbs 8oz!!! Can you imagine? It almost made me reconsider waiting this thing out! But, I've read that the later ultrasounds can be less accurate, so we shall see.

But seriously, the baby looks healthy, thank God, and we are super happy about that! There is plenty of fluid to support baby and it seems that we can make it until next Saturday if we need to. I'm still going to be out walking like there's no tomorrow though. I'm am going out of my mind with eagerness, but I'm trying to be patient and accept that this is completely out of our hands!

Further, I've decided that "due dates" should be banned. I mean, how many moms give birth on the actual due date? They should give you a range, like, "You can expect to give birth sometime in 2006." That way there is no disappointment as each day past the due date comes and goes. OK, maybe just giving a year would be too broad, but it might make sense to say "sometime in mid- to late-March." I could handle that. So, our due date is no longer March 11. Our expected time of delivery is sometime this month, insha'Allah. How about that?!