The Wait Continues...

Well, here we are at 38 weeks! Baby continues to be happy, cozy and warm in mama's belly and mama continues to sleep poorly, pee often and waddle slowly about. Not that I am complaining...well, at least not much. :)

It's strange to think I was born by this time in my mom's pregnancy, what fun she missed out on, at least with me! I think Dan was born around 38 weeks...so...I haven't broken family tradition quite yet. Although, Dr. B. checked things out yesterday and I am still shut up pretty tight...she predicted that I would give birth somewhere between December 13-20. She also said we are on track to having about an 8 lb baby...although I think he/she will be bigger if I give birth AFTER our EDD. I suppose I can handle being pregnant for that much longer! Doug's bro Uncle Chris might get his wish to have his first niece/nephew born on his birthday, December 15.

We still have much to do before baby arrives! I am feeling somewhat panicky about being as organized as possible before he/she comes home, knowing that we will be living in disorganization for awhile. Believe it or not, this is one of my major stresses; I hate messes! Especially when my head is a little disorganized (or sleep-deprived!), a clean and well-organized home helps. So, if you wonder what we might need after baby is born? No, we don't need any more onesies or booties, we need someone to dust and run the vacuum every couple of days. :) I spent Tuesday cooking/preparing meals to freeze and will finish up that task today! While I feel like we can do so much more before baby is born, I know that I have accomplished a lot and that does feel pretty good.

Baby is hiccuping right now...it might be my imagination or wishful thinking...but hiccups feel lower. Since about Sunday, I have felt the baby simultaneously pushing on my cervix and on my ribs occasionally--what a weird feeling! I also felt what I think might have been false labor contractions yesterday...they felt someone different from the Braxton Hicks contractions that I have been feeling since about month 5-6, I felt them more in my back. Nothing came of them but they did feel different and give me some sort of indication that I will "just know" when things begin to happen.

The waiting is really strange, I have really mixed feelings about it. I am physically pretty tired and close to ready to go but mentally, well, I don't know if I will be completely ready. Although, I have a feeling that nature will take care of that; perhaps I will get so big, so uncomfortable that feeling unsure will be a luxury compared to how I feel physically! That is, I won't frankly give a damn about my mental/emotional doubts, I will be feeling so huge and lousy that all I will want is to get the baby OUT!! I have trusted my body so far (and that trust has served me well) so perhaps that is the way it will go...