38w0d

So two weeks have gone by, and they've been both uneventful and eventful. On the very positive side, I ran 5 miles both last Saturday and today for my long run. I'm very pleased to be able to run that far at this stage. I did manage to gain a little weight last week - I really never expected to have trouble gaining weight while pregnant, especially in the third trimester. The midwife last week said that my overall gain was fine, although on the lower side, so I could still gain some; the midwife this week suggested more dessert so I picked up Cadbury eggs. I'm at around 22-23 lbs so far; 25-35 is the standard recommendation, although I think I was originally told 30 would be appropriate. I got checked at this week's appointment and am 2-3cm dilated but still only about 50% effaced. Unfortunately, that tells us nothing about when I'll have the baby - it could be any day or it could still be another 4 weeks. A lot of women try going for a walk to start labor ... I'm thinking if baby is content to stay put after 5 miles of running, it's going to be another few weeks. I'm planning on definitely working through this next week, although if I'm still feeling like I have been (aka perfectly fine) I might come in the following week and do half-days either up to my due date or until I have the baby. I haven't mentioned that to either my manager or the woman I've been training, though, since I might change my mind about working longer and wouldn't want to get their hopes up. Plus, there is something nice about having a set end date so that I can put up an out-of-office e-mail message and leave things in an orderly manner.