Counting the days

3 weeks to go!  I am so full of nervous energy I can not sit still for very long which is becoming a problem as this is the time that I should be resting and reserving as much energy as possible.  I feel I have been starting to get on top of my anxiety lately, the noise and music is still annoying but I don't seem to be reacting as strongly to it as before.  Maybe it's due to my baby being so much closer to arriving.  Or maybe it's because I was able to talk about it and get it all out in the open to my friends and my husband. 
I am having a ultrasound in 2 weeks at my 39th week to check the baby, the amniotic fluid, the placenta and the cord that they said last time was around his neck.  My doctor isn't being very encouraging on what form of birth I should have, 2 weeks ago she said a natural labour should be ok even though the cord is around his neck just as long as we keep and eye on his heart rate and any signs of distress but then last weeks appointment I asked her the risks of having a natural labour with a low lying placenta like mine and she went on to explain about the risks of post partum bleeding from the placenta and how it can also put the baby in a difficult position when it is time for the birth.  So she believes a Cesarean operation would be the safest option for me.  However we both agreed to wait until the final scan to make our decision.  There is a chance that the bigger my uterus gets the placenta can move higher and not be such a risk.
So we will just wait and see. 

This weekend is Easter and I have been finding it very difficult to find Easter Eggs or bunnies for the kids for Easter Sunday.  I want to make it as special as it was last year when we were in Melbourne on holiday.  We woke them up and they got to run around the garden looking for eggs and special presents from the Easter Bunny.  Then the following weekend begins the Thai Songkran New Year festival, last year we weren't in the country for it so this will be our first Songkran festival and I just hope and pray that I don't go into labour during this time as the traffic is said to be horrendous and almost impossible to pass across the Sukumvit highway to get to the hospital.  But knowing my past history of going well over my due date the chances of me going early are pretty slim.
Then if all goes to schedule the following week we will be having a bouncing baby boy.  So all in all I should have enough on my calendar to keep me busy and distracted.