37 Weeks

37 Weeks and 1 day Well I am completely done with being with child. I am having a hard time walking, sleeping, sitting, talking, and existing...Yeah, I am done! I go to the doctor today, we will see what he thinks of me in my enormous swollen state. I really hope that I go into natural labor sometime next week. Makayla has a huge blood test for growth hormone issues tomorrow, so hopefully she won't come tomorrow. I doubt she will, she seems to like making me miserable. I am excited to see her, but there are a lot of bad days for her to come on, hopefully she chooses well! Also, I can't believe I will be 27 tomorrow, I feel old. But I am having my fifth kid...oh geeze! Anyways, I am grumpy tired and done. Oh and I went on a nesting cleaning spree for the last three days, so I hope that means something.

36 Weeks

36 Weeks today. Man am I huge. I don't know if you can tell, but little Miss Emily has definitely dropped. I felt terrible yesterday and had a lot of contractions, tried to take a bath to relax, didn't help. Then I got up last night around midnight and realized the inevitable had happened. She has dropped even further than I thought possible. Her head is no longer off to the right. I am dilated to a one as of last week. I bet I will be close to 2 and a half by this Thursday when I go in for another check. Do I think she is coming early? No, at least I am trying not to think that way, and there are a few days in early June that would be really bad if I went into labor. We will see what the doc says on Thursday, I don't know how much longer I really have though, she seems a little too eager to me!

35 Weeks!! Only 5 weeks left!

Well 35 weeks is here. I can't believe I still have five weeks left. It seems like an eternity. I do need to start getting my "go" bag ready, I honestly haven't even thought about it until I read my pregnancy e-mail today. I was thinking...oh...I do need to get that done, I could have a baby in 3 weeks, but for some reason I am not thinking like that. I am hoping Emmy decides to wait until after the 15th of June, which is the last day of school for James Micheal, and James will be done with his finals then. But...it wouldn't kill me if her giant noggin came a little sooner for my body's sake. I am one swollen mess. James has been great to me. He feeds the kid dinner and plays with them every night. Wakes up in the morning and helps me get them ready before he leaves. And sometimes helps with chores. I appreciate all the sacrifices of his time he is making for me right now..I know he is exhausted too! I can't wait till Emily is on the outside and not the inside, I would prefer crying and nursing to contractions and feeling like a blubbery whale who can't bend over any day! I am so happy Emily is almost going to be here, I go to the doctor and get my first check tomorrow, hopefully some progress, the end is near! Holy cow I am going to have five children!!! This is my second to last pregnancy too...I am happy and sad at the same time. I am 35 weeks in this picture

34 weeks!

Well it's official...I am huge. I am beyond trying to look good, I have waved the white flag of surrender to preggy fat. See you guys in 4-6 weeks, I will try again then. I am feeling a lot better this week. Not sick as much and not a lot of back pain. The leg swelling is ridiculous, but with the change of weather and being huge, I have to chalk it up to that. Amazingly, this year I have not had allergies. Maybe Emmy has some sort of super powers I am not aware of that help make me immune to allergies this year! Only 4-6 weeks left...oh my. Here I am at 34 weeks 3 Days

Week 33

Week 33! So I ate lots of cake this week. Which explains my jiggles. I wish I cared more but I don't. I went to the doc today, and he seems to think Emmy might be my biggest baby yet, and I don't think he is wrong! He also doesn't see me making it past the first week of June...then again they said that with Sadie, so I don't really believe them anymore. Either way I am doing better since I got some heartburn medicine. He says all my back pressure is from how she is laying all forward, as in none of her body resides near my spine at all. You would think it would cause less pain but it actually causes more. My back is begging for relief. But my little girl is head down and getting ready. Oh man...she is coming so soon. Here I am at 33 weeks 1 day!!

32 Weeks

8 month mark Whoohhoooo!! Eight weeks to go at the most! Finally I am feeling the end is in sight. I finished Emily's room and her crocheted blanket!! I am done preparing for her early, because I feel terrible right now. James and I both have this weird feeling that I am not going to be able to do very much the next few weeks. Probably because the bigger she gets the less I seem able to do. I can't carry laundry down anymore, and I can barely do the dishes with having contractions. I think it has a lot to do with her positioning, she is low and all in the front. I don't think she is laying quite head down yet, she still seems sideways! I don't know why this pregnancy has been so hard on me, but I will be glad when I can hold my baby girl and know I baked her for nine months despite all my whining... Pregnancy really is a miracle and I think that is why it is so exciting for everyone who has a loved one who is. Here is a picture of me at 32 weeks 1 Day! June can't come soon enough!

31 Weeks

Stretching, heartburn, chocolate cake, braxton hicks, and more heartburn...that is about what I would say sums up 31 weeks. I am tired, I go to sleep at 10, and wake up at 7 tired. I am having a harder time sleeping now that Emmy is getting bigger. And boy is she getting bigger,I feel her moving in my ribs and my bladder. I am almost done with Emmy's room, and her knit blanket is done. I am almost done with her crocheted blanket and I washed all her clothes this week. I am anxious about the next few weeks, we have a lot of appointments for Evan and Makayla that will be very stressful and time consuming, so I feel like I need to be ready for Emmy like she was coming tomorrow, because May is going to fly by. Emmy has hiccups and is kicking my ribs, so I think she is done with my rambling. Here is a picture of me at 31 weeks 2 days!