Almost There

(taken 12/20/20---37 1/2 weeks)

The last month of pregnancy is always hard for me. I usually go full circle every day from feeling like I'm not going to make it till the baby is born, to wishing I could do something SOMETHING to make myself go into labor, to telling myself that I'm NOT in control, to finally calming down and being at peace with just patiently waiting. It is so impossible to just "forget" when it's painful to get out of a chair to walk to the bathroom, hips hurt, sciatic nerves KILL, downward pressure is almost unbearable.....if you've been pregnant, especially multiple times, you probably know just what I'm talking about. But as it is, I'm 38 weeks pregnant now and every day is just one day closer to the real thing. Unless I go overdue, which is unlikely, the absolute MOST I have to wait is another 2 weeks right? What's 2 more weeks? I can handle that....I think. :) I am finally completely ready; now if I can just keep the house in order so at any moment I won't feel like I'm going into labor and the house is disastrously messy. I still don't have a bassinet or crib set up (I am supposed to borrow a bassinet from someone, and I DO own a crib, it's just not set up...), but gee whiz, we can make a make shift pallet on the floor, so I'm not worried about it.
I went for a prenatal on Tuesday and all is well and I'm 3 cm dilated. So I'm really wondering WHAT THE HOLD UP IS HERE!!!!!! :) :) Cortney on the left, Amy on the right. Such really really wonderful midwives. :)
(taken 12/21/10)

I THOUGHT I might have been going into labor the other night. I've NEVER had painful contractions that did not lead right into labor, but I did have about 30-45 minutes worth of pretty painful, I-think-this-is-it kind of contractions.....to no avail. (There's a weird shadow behind my head which makes this picture look funny...)