Weight Gain: 22-23 lb's
Maternity Clothes: Yep, and I'm starting to feel anxious about putting them away when I'm overweight to begin with and will still LOOK pregnant. But most of my mat clothes tend to 'show off' the belly, or accentuate it, and I don't want that once I'm not actually pregnant.
Symptoms: Random contractions, BH contractions, pain from Baby Girl moving around, peeing all the time, sciatic pain, stuffy nose.
Stretch Marks: I added this one back just for this week, because I realized that I deleted it because there was no change, and now there's been change. I do have some new stretch marks that are pretty much just continuations of the ones I got from being pregnant with Elijah. The ones from Eli are pretty white still, and these are purplish, but only 1-2" long, and only on my belly and the front of my hips (where my legs meet my torso.)
Sleep: On the one hand, I've been falling asleep really easily, practically anywhere, even with background noise and lights on, which I'm not usually able to do. My body just wants sleep so much! On the other hand, waking up every 2 hours to pee, Elijah going through a bout of crying intermittently throughout the night, sciatic pain and Baby Girl kicking in the ribs, and Elijah waking up on and off after 6am has made sleep really difficult.
Best Moment of the Week: Packing Baby Girl's "hospital bag" in my new diaper bag, and gathering all of the potential home birth supplies yesterday. Moving downstairs over the weekend, and finally setting up Little Girl's space!
Movement: Yes, and it's starting to hurt so much! The kicks aren't hurting so much as the burrowing is hurting.
Food cravings: Milk, Rolos, Wendy's 1/4 lb single meal with a chocolate frostie
Gender: A girl!
What I Miss: Sleeping in, but that's not pregnancy-related, that's just having kids related. When I was pregnant with Elijah I would sleep in until 9am most days, and after having him I was able to sleep until 10am every morning for months before Matt decided to stop working from home for that time and force me to get up earlier. I know it was a change that needed to happen, but I seriously miss sleeping as long as my body wants to, and it's about to get even harder to do so!
What I’m Looking Forward To: Going into labour. Really, my due date is a milestone and something to 'look forward to' I suppose, but only because it's some sort of indicator that labour is impending, so really, I'm just looking forward to labour, and stuff finally happening!
Milestones: 37 weeks, also known as 'full term'! The baby could be born any day now and not be considered premature. The chances are good that she'd be perfectly fine, with perhaps some trouble nursing, but still. It's a big deal. Also, now if I were to go into labour I could deliver at home.
Emotions: Ancy. I want to do stuff, but there isn't much to do, and I'm so tired that it's hard to have the energy to do the things that I want anyway.
Belly Photo: One from the side, and one from the front this time.
I thought I'd be really excited to get to 37 weeks. Yesterday I was SO excited that today marked full-term, but today I don't feel too much excitement about it, surprisingly. I feel like saying, "So what? The baby isn't here yet, so what does it matter how far along I am?"And then I think, "Uh oh. Here comes the pregnancy disinterestedness." You know, when I go to my appointments and have nothing to say, because nothing I tell them about how I'm feeling will actually mean labour unless I...well...go into labour. What's the point in reading into and analyzing everything, when I continue being pregnant day after day?
WOW that was depressing, huh? I think it's just the mood I'm in at the moment. Mostly I don't feel this way, I just feel excessively tired right now, and I had a stupid dream before waking up. In the dream I had gone to the bathroom the day I turned 37w0d, and I discovered I had lost my mucous plug. I was SO excited, because even though in waking life I know that it doesn't signify labour, in my dream it did, and I knew it was just a matter of days before it happened. THEN I woke up to Elijah crying and I was really bummed.
Anyway, I probably shouldn't write blog posts when I feel this tired.
I think I'll finish this up and work on the dishes. I'm hoping to make a meal today that I can freeze for when Baby Girl is born. Maybe there'll even be leftovers so that I can surprise Matt with having made dinner today.
So yeah! That's where things stand at 37w0d. Nursery is set up, supplies gathered, making freezer meals, tired and done, and all that I have left that I actually *need* to prepare is my own hospital bag.
Oh my goodness, I think I need a nap.
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