Thirty-Five

I have several posts in the works right now, but no time to spend actually putting any of them together just now.  But I had to post today, because it's another cool number day!  I'm officially 35 weeks today - and I have exactly 35 days left until my due date!  The only thing that would have made those numbers even cooler would be if today was 3/5.  But it's not.  So I'll have to content myself with two 35s, which are pretty damn awesome by themselves!

I have a little less than 5 weeks to my due date, and about the same amount of time left at work.  My plan is to work up until my due date, or until the baby is born, whichever comes first.  I have three more weeks of a slightly reduced schedule at the office, and one weekend of call, followed by the last two weeks having about 14 patients a day (instead of my usual 20-26).  I hope I can make it that far!  Even with the bad stuff going on at work, I still love my patients.  Including the 59 year-old who asked me for medication for his ED this morning, and then asked me out on a date.  And especially the little old ladies who chastise me daily for still wearing high heels.  I'm not sure that I'll have time to miss them, but I do feel a little guilty leaving them in the care of other doctors while I'm out for my 12 weeks of maternity leave.

I woke up in the middle of the night last night and thought, "It's possible that I just went to the movies without having to arrange for a babysitter for the last time for the next 10-12 years."  I think it might finally be settling in that I'm going to have a baby soon!  You'd think after 35 weeks, I'd have gotten used to the idea already.