I'm officially at 38 weeks, 5 days. Wow, the last month has flown by SO fast! Even though Baby is not here yet, priorities have started changing and it seems like Baby is already taking up every minute of our free time. I'm either cleaning / washing / organizing for Baby, or shopping for Baby, picking up birth supplies, going to classes and appointments...you get the idea. No wonder I haven't had any time to post recently!
Last weekend started something like this:
Friday (took a vacation day):
Put in the first load of laundry to wash
Pay bills
First load of laundry in the dryer
Second load in the wash
Go get my tabs renewed
Stop at a couple garage sales
Stop at Menard's for some flowers (plants)
Chiropractor
Haircut
Wal-Mart for a couple last things on the birth supply list
Home for lunch and a rest, then hanging clothes on the line
Off to my sister's to pick up a couple things
Target for a few essentials
Cub for a few more essentials
More garage sales
Home again - collapse on the couch for a while
Try to get a couple things done around the house
Make a cake for that night's dessert
Starts raining, so head outside to take the laundry off the line
Fold and put away laundry and wait for Chris to get home from work
Saturday and Sunday went much the same.
Even with all the craziness going on, in some ways life has slowed down - mostly due to me slowing down. :) I'm feeling pretty good, just moving slower and everything takes a bit longer. I haven't really minded as I think it's helping me stay calm and feel relaxed about everything; I'm just taking each day as it comes, doing what I can, and resting when I need to (for the most part).
The last two appointments with our midwife have been really good; Baby's in a great position - facing mostly backwards, with head pretty deep down, and still moving around quite a bit, so not getting too big in there. The midwife says it feels like Baby has a longer torso, which I'd have to agree with. :) I've also been doing really well; aside from slight swelling and having to be careful with my back (as it seems much too easy to move wrong and pinch something these days), I've been in really good health. I've been going to the chiropractor for the last few weeks just to make sure everything's aligned as well as it can be, so feeling pretty good overall about labor and birth. Just this last weekend my Braxton Hicks contractions have really picked up and have been getting more uncomfortable in the last couple days; sounds like these should be helping my body do some of the work before "real" labor starts and hopefully shorten actual labor - so my attitude has been pretty positive and welcoming about all this! :) Although Chris and I both have lists of things we'd like to get done before Baby arrives, we have the essentials ready and between our Bradley classes and reading and watching videos I think we're feeling about as prepared as we can be. The waiting begins.
