39 + 6/7

39 + 6/7 is what Labor and Delivery Nurses write when assessing the mother-to-be's EDC (estimated date of confinement; this refers to the fact that women used to be on bedrest for a long time after having their baby, but that changed a while ago when they discovered that women at full-term are in a hypercoaguable state leading to deep vein thromboses... sorry, maybe this post should be on my nursing blog...). 39 = 39 weeks and 6/7 = 6th day of the current (40th) week. This means that tomorrow is Shannon's due date.

So we're just waiting around for something to happen. I'm working now, as a nurse with compensation commensurate with a nurse's pay. :D Meanwhile, Shannon does what she needs to do, wants to do: goes to the store, scrapbooks, cooks, sees me for lunch, etc. There's just something special about this time. I didn't think that at first though.

Waiting has never been my forté. The Bible always encourages us to "wait on the Lord," but I just haven't been able to master that discipline. I've gotten anxious. Shannon and I have gotten snippy with each other. We've been on pins and needles in expectation for this child to come, but he/she just won't show up. But I think we just cleared the hump on the waiting game. We've realized that there's nothing we can do to make it go quicker, so why not just enjoy the time we have left. I came home today after my first day of work and our house was so peaceful.
I love waiting for this birth to happen now. It means peaceful time with my wife who looks amazing, I might add. ~Mike