Gettin closer

Wow! Only 10 days left! I'm really hoping that if the baby isn't here by the 6th my Dr will induce me by the 7th. I'm going to ask him Thursday when I go for my appt. See, he usually does his inductions on Fridays so that would be perfect! I can't sleep much anymore. Just a little at a time. My lower back is absolutely Frickin' KILLING me! Actually my entire back is hurting. I didn't know how bad until Dan tried to rub it the other night and it hurt to even have him touch it. I know the baby WANTS out! It was literally trying to crawl out last night! Dan thought it was hillarious! It looked like I was washing a load of clothes in my stomach!

I can tell I'm starting to efface more. I'll let you all know how my appt goes Thursday!

Baby or man?

Aren't men the BIGGEST babies when they are sick?!?!? Dan hardly EVER gets sick, let alone sick enough to miss work, but when he does OMG! I want to shoot him. He is the BIGGEST baby! And he says I complain about being pregnant! UGH! Okay, just sayin...

Bummer!

I had my Dr. Appt today. This was the first appt that I was checked at. Dan was with me. He wasn't much fun though. He came home early from work cause he doesn't feel good. UGH, more on that later!

Anyway, I'm only dilated to a 2. He said I'm still pretty thick (that means not much effacement done) and the baby is still sitting pretty high. He could barley touch the head. Trust me, doesn't feel good to have him reach way up there when you've just fallen flat on your ass the night before. GEEZE! I'm SOOOO sore! My hoo hah feels like I've been riding a horse for a week straight while having rock grind on my pelvis the whole time.

So, it doesn't look like this baby will be coming early. I knew better!

Not soon enough!

Last night was rough! I had so much pain and pressure I thought I was gonna die! I didn't get much sleep and now I'm exhausted! I'm anxious for my Dr. appt tomorrow to see if I'm dilated and effaced. I'm so ready to have this baby!

By the way, WHERE IS EVERYONE????

Soon?

Well, I was thinking last night that this could be it. But it wasn't. I was having contractions from about 4pm until...all night long. But they never did too much more that annoy me. They were a little painful but I knew they weren't the real thing. I was really hoping that they would turn into more. Kinda. I mean, I'm done with being pregnant but I'm also not sure if I'm ready for this. I still have things to get!

Yesterday's DR Appt

Well, I lost a lb. Kind of abnormal for this point in pregnancy. The nurse said I will be below my pre pregnancy weight once I deliver because I've essentially lost weight this pregnancy. I've only gained a total of 6 lbs now and the baby and everything else is well over that. You have the amniotic fluid to account for, the extra blood, the placenta and of course the baby.

The heartbeat was in the 170s. It is all over the place with this one! The boys were both always in the 150s or 170s. This one will be at 130 one week and 170 the next. When the nurse was looking at my belly she could see what was obviously the little hiney poking up. This is so typical for this baby. Its always poking something out and making me all lop sided. And it HURTS too!

My urine sample said I was a little dehydrated. So, thats my mission for the week is to drink, drink, drink...water of course :)

Dr. U measured my tummy and it should measure the same as how far along you are. At my last app I was 34 weeks along and I measured a 34. At this appt I was 36 weeks along and I measured at 38! This really surpised me. That means that my tummy has grown 4 inches in the last 2 weeks!! I think its inches. I guess it could be centimeters though. Its not actually my tummy that is growing its my uterus that they are measuring. He wasn't too concerned though. He said it could just be that the baby was stretching at the time. But we will evaluate it next week. Yes, I'm down to the once a week appointments now! I really hope that the baby was just stretching and this isn't a sign that I'm going to have a "Jumbo" baby as the nurse put it.

So, basically everything is right on track. Dr. U won't check me at my next appt but at the one after. Thats the one I'm waiting for. I wanna know if I'm dilating or thinning out. The time is getting close!

Let the countdown begin

Me and Dan's Aunt waiting at the Go Carts

At the top of the Tram

View of the lake from the tram

McClain was a little nervous

Not Koleton

30 days!! WOW! Where has the time gone?? I just can't even believe that I'm that close. It really could be any day now. But I'm sure I still have about 4 weeks left until I'm holding my new little miracle. I have a Dr. appt tomorrow. Just normal old stuff though. He won't be checking me until I'm about 2 weeks away from the due date. However, I have been having a ton of contractions. I definately think the baby has dropped. I can tell its not right up there anymore. A little easier to breathe and my mom said she thinks its dropped too.

Dan and I were talking about whether we were ready to bring the baby home. I just don't feel like I am. The crib isn't set up. I have NO clothes. I have like 3 neutral outfits. NO sleepers. No diapers, no wipes, no nursing pads, no binkies. I just don't feel ready. We do have the cradle ready. My mom and I are going to go shopping this weekend and get some of the necessities that I still need. So thats that. If anything changes I'll let ya know :)

We went to Wallowa Lake for the 4th. It was a lot of fun. We rode the tram, Dan and the boys rode the go carts and bumper boats. It was nice and relaxing until I got a migraine Saturday. Where are these coming from?? I've never had migraines before. Gotta love pregnancy!