38 weeks

Still no news to report...as expected. Peanut is not the ready for his or her grand entrance yet. Although the doctor thinks the baby may have dropped lower, I'm still not anymore dilated and still don't feel like its time yet. I still feel pretty good, with the exception of some major weight gain (5 lbs. in a week) and golf ball size ankles. Is it possible to gain 5 lbs in a week??? I was actually expecting to have lost weight because I feel like I am eating less. So, I've officially hit the big 4-0 on the weight gain. I still have a good amount of energy, its just hard to get around now. I have to be pulled up from a laying down position to avoid straining any stomach muscles that I have left! I'm trying to master the whole literally "rolling" out of bed thing in the middle of the night during the frequent bathroom trips. It's quite amusing, but I am trying to cherish the short time that I have left with the baby to myself. I can't wait to hold Peanut in something other than my uterus, but I actually like being pregnant and will miss feeling the baby all snuggled up inside. I will miss getting spoiled too! Ray has been taking care of everything around the house, everyone waits on me wherever I go and even the guys at work have been conscious to make sure that I am off my feet as much as possible. Plus, I've never had so many doors held open for me from afar. I might have hit a record the other day when some guy held a door open for me, even though I was a good 30 yards away. So the question is...does an easy pregnancy mean I am going to have a difficult labor and delivery?? Stay tuned!

37 weeks

37 weeks

My official due date is 3 weeks from today, but I have already decided that I'm going to be late. I don't feel that "bad" yet. I'm uncomfortable but not to the extent that it seems like I should be at this point. And, I'm still able to walk around the grocery store, unlike my goofy cousin Dawn who was using motorized old people carts to get around by now! The ladies at work are flabbergasted that I'm still prancing around in heels.

Today I had another doctor's appointment...did I mention how fun they've become? The baby's head is still pretty high and I am dilated a "fingertip". The doctor today felt the baby's head, so how high could it have been? Unless she fit more up there then just a finger?!? I don't even want to know. All I know is that I'm going to have to get over it. I'm sure between now and when Peanut arrives, there will be lots of fingers, tools, hands, and whatever else they need, up there. Makes me think that Peanut still wants to chill out at the inn before making his or her grand entrance.

I told the doctor about the dreams that I've had that Peanut is a boy and she told me that there is actually a statistic that 72% of the Mother's dreams, in assuming the sex of the baby, are right! I also had a dream the other night that I was breastfeeding. Wildly enough in my dream, I could feel the sensation of the baby's mouth sucking on my nipples and in my dream I remember thinking to myself , "Hey, this isn't so bad and it actually feels kind of ticklish."

I know, I'm totally going crazy. I'll post some pics soon.

36 weeks

35 weeks

34 weeks and baby shower pics