We’ve had such a fun week around here. Decorating for Halloween, going on leaf hunts through Prospect Park, picking out pumpkins and then painting them with glue and covering them with glitter. Brunch with my amazing friends in our building, planning a fall trip to the apple farm, and that’s just to name a few. I love October! Especially this year as I’m so excited for the end of the month!!!
I cannot deny the fact that I’m terribly frightened to give birth here in NYC. I know that you do not get your own room—you share with other ladies and their babies. I know that Blake has to leave by 7 or 8 pm—that’s when visiting hours are over. He’s always been there through the night with me after I’ve given birth. It’s exhausting and I can’t imagine not having my best friend and greatest support their for me (and our baby!) afterwards. This year the hospital issued a statement that only one person is allowed to be there at the hospital during labor, during recovery, etc. No visitors AT ALL besides this one person (swine flue scare). I guess it’s probably a good thing to limit visitors but still a bit sad all the same.
I’m nervous that all the beds will be full and they will keep putting me off until it’s too late for me to have an epidural. (Unfortunately, I’ve heard of this happening quite frequently! NY is a busy place FULL of expectant mothers.)
Most of all, I just want to have my little baby boy here safe and sound and I’m so hopeful and excited for this to happen. Tonight at my doctor’s appointment I was told that all was well and that I could technically have my baby any time now—just depending on how my doc feels about my little guy’s growth and other signs of well being in the coming few weeks. I hope that he is able to stay put for at least a week or two! But I am definitely getting excited and nervous all at the same time! It seems like I’ve been pregnant forever!
