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Yeps, baby, it is time... time to come out into the world!

Yesterday I had to have a NST (Non-stress test). This is where they sit you down in a recliner or some such contraption and strap monitors to your belly to monitor any uterine activity, baby's heartbeat, and you have this push button thingy you are supposed to click every time baby moves. They are looking to see if baby's heartbeat goes up a certain amount after each movement and stays up the proper amount of time.

'Cept... *my* baby did not like these things poking her and kept moving away. So for about an hour (instead of 20 minutes), I sat there being poked, prodded, slimed with lube (it's a conductor), and praying for my baby to... simultaneously move and hold still. How is that for confusing her? My prenatal appointment, which usually only takes about a half hour, took me almost two hours! I was so exhausted, hungry, and poked out by the time I got home.

And, they didn't get good results, so I had to go for a biophysical profile today at a radiology clinic... for this they use sonogram and measure baby, make sure she is breathing ok, make sure the amniotic fluid is ok, make sure she is moving, etc. All was perfect! This baby is fine, she is just happy in there.

But... baby... come OUT!!!!

I don't want another NST on Tuesday. Then another on Thursday. This increased monitoring is making me tense and nervous, not to mention the fact that it is just not fun. So I want baby to come out! Even though I'm nervous about my birthing too. (Nerves regarding the unknown!) We have the tub set up for me to enjoy during my birthing time, I have my Hypnobabies stuff ready to go, and... well it's just about Christmas, so there is not much going on here.

But with all this thinking about getting her out, I'm realizing how much I'm going to miss her being IN THERE. I have really gotten used to rolling over in the middle of the night, feeling her kick inside me, cuddling her and going back to sleep. I love sitting here at the computer and watching my belly undulate as she shifts and squirms around inside me. I just love her being in there. I can't imagine anything more worthwhile to do with my time than grow this beautiful girl in my belly... and I'm going to miss her like crazy when she comes out... even though I *know* she is going to keep me so busy once she is out, that I hopefully won't notice so much!

Baby... come out!!!!!