This is IT!

Tomorrow is the day! We think we're ready. The bag is packed. The essentials are on board. The car is gassed up. The house is clean and I'm going to shower with special surgical soap tonight and tomorrow morning. Here's the plan: Arrive at 8:00 am. Get IV. Go to OR. Deliver baby at 10 am (well, I'm not really delivering...it's being delivered to me and Matt). Recover. Start a whole new life!

Today we went to the hospital for the pre-operation assessment. I signed lots of consent forms, you know, basically, no one is responsible if anything bad were to happen. I made a down payment on the hospital bill. I had blood withdrawn. Surprisingly, it went well! I didn't even feel the pinch of the needle and only felt a bit woozy when the blood was coming out. Hopefully, it'll go that well tomorrow with the IV and spinal block.
Here's the first course of the last meal! It's "Straw and Hay" or fetticini with egg and spinach noodles with peas, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, topped with proscuitto. The main course was a filet mignon, but we gobbled that before remembering to get the picture. Matt's a fabulous chef! See below:
Here's Chef Matt at work! He's getting a bit nervous, I think...because he keeps asking if I'm nervous. Cross your fingers, send good thoughts and pray that everything works out just the way it's supposed to. We want a happy, healthy child that stays that way. We hope we never have to use the cord blood.