38 Weeks

Today is the 38th week mark. As most people in my state would probably agree, this week felt like it would never come and now that it is here I wouldn't be a bit sad to see it disappear quickly. For all the warnings about how miserable you are supposed to feel at this point, I must say I don't actually feel that bad. I am still averaging a good night (actually day) sleep and I am not that swollen or stiff or running to the bathroom every few seconds. I keep waiting to turn the corner and become completely miserable and ready to make everyone around me miserable in retaliation. Hopefully, the corner never appears! I am however ready to welcome the pink bundle that will be handed to me after hours of pure misery. I am interested to meet this person who kicks and squirms like crazy at all hours of day and night. I am ready to stop bruising my stomach every time I try to squeeze through a small space that my mind says I can fit through even though my body disagrees. I finally took a picture of what my stomach looks like. So many people kept asking for pictures and although I feel like pregnancy pictures are slightly odd, the more I thought about it the more I wish I could see what my Mom looked like when she was pregnant with each of her kids. So now my baby will know that she really was inside my tummy and how silly she will look if she ever has a baby inside her tummy. Overall, I am thankful that God has brought us this far with few complications and I pray that he continues to protect us and especially this baby girl that He has created. Meeting her sooner than later would be great!