Ok, well David is back and I'm still pregnant! Yay! Heavenly Father answered our prayers and kept our little girl inside my tummy until he was able to make it back. Now we are excited again for her to make her long awaited arrival. At the doctor on Friday they checked me again and I'm still at a 3 and 80%, so I haven't had any more change since our stay at the hospital. Now that I'm 37 weeks, I'm officially off bed rest! Yay! She said that now that I'm off bed rest she anticipates the baby will come soon, so we're hoping this week. I read up on ways to naturally induce labor, so I'll be taking a walk everyday, maybe even two walks a day if I feel like it! Perfect timing too since the weather has significantly improved recently, it's supposed to be in the 40s or 50s outside everyday this week, which will be so perfect for taking a nice enjoyable walk. I also found out that massages are a great way to induce labor because it releases the hormone oxytocin which can trigger contractions, so if David will cooperate, I hope to get a back massage every day this week :). Also there are some pressure points that are supposed to help, particularly the webbing between your thumb and pointer finger, so I'll be giving myself a little acupressure treatment in the form of hand massages throughout the day, it actually feels quite nice.
My mom spent the weekend here with me, so we did a little shopping at stores she loves but doesn't have down in St. George. I was able to get some nice curtains for the baby room that are supposed to block out 99% of light... Well, they definitely don't block out 99% of the light, but that's ok, it still makes it significantly darker. I honestly didn't really want it to be pitch black because I don't want her to only be able to sleep when it's super dark, so I think it'll be good. I also found a really cute baby book. I'm not a scrapbooker, I think scrapbooks are super cute and everything, but I know myself and I know that I would never spend the time to scrapbook, so I needed something simple and easy that I would actually do. Well, I found the perfect solution. There are these books called Smash Books. A Smash Book is basically a really cute book that is ready for you to glue your pictures in. It has really cute pages already set up in there, so you just go through and glue your pictures where you want them and make your notes and whatever, it makes it really easy and fun. They even already had a baby themed one, so it was perfect. Now I have a book to bring to the hospital and have them stamp the baby's footprints in the day she's born, yay! So shopping with my mom was a success, I got a few things I wanted but didn't have to spend a lot. We went out to lunch a few times and then just hung around at home the rest of the time.
As fun as it was to have my mom here, I'm so happy that David is back! I missed him so much! I don't think I slept as well without him here, so last night we both got an awesome nights sleep, which was well needed. David's visit to Purdue was a great success! He was able to meet with several professors that all said they would love to work with him! All he has to do is email the ones he's most interested in working with and they will email him back with an offer, an offer for funding that is! Which means if we decide to go to Purdue, we will basically have school paid for plus get a stipend every month to live on! I mean, we'll have to see what they offer exactly, but they basically told him that they would set him up, so that is really exciting! I knew that David would do a great job, so even though it was hard having him gone, it was totally worth it! I'm very proud of him.
Alright, well, I think I'm going to head out on a walk and try to get the ball rolling on contractions and stuff. Hopefully it works, although our little girl has already showed us that she is calling the shots around here, so I guess it'll be whenever she's ready, not us, but if I can help her be ready any sooner, why not?!
