39 weeks

I have 6 DAYS until my due date... I hope he comes sooner than that but who knows. I'm doing the best I can to get him out. I was told that I could try drinking Castor oil by my midwife but along with maybe inducing labor it will definitely induce a days worth of vomiting and diarrhea... so I'm a little nervous to try it.

I have my next appointment tomorrow and I'll update you after that.

Below are 39 week pictures, I failed on 38 week pictures. Saturday morning the cats decided they literally wanted to kill each other. I got in between them to break it up and ended up with a few scratches on my belly (just in case you were wondering what those red marks were... I'm proud to say they aren't stretch marks.)

Jack's new name

He shall now be call Michael Jackson Tara.

38 week appointment

Everything looks great. They are now saying that he'll weigh around 7 1/4 pounds when he's born. I gained 2 pounds since last week. Nothing else going on. They didn't check me again and won't until 40 weeks I believe. I got some tips on how to speed up the softening of my cervix so I'll be working on that.

I'm working on getting pictures from this week.

I saw Cricket (not her real name) this week and will be seeing her again next week. When I first saw her I thought she was a crazy hippy and she weirded me out but the more I see her the more I like her. Next Tuesday is her last day so that will be sad but it's not like I'll be going there much after next week anyway. She's going to work with all natural type of healing with Native Americans or something like that... Before she worked at Garrison she worked on a reservation so I'm guessing that's how she got the name Cricket?

16 days...

Dear Jack,

Please come out of me. I'm ready to meet you and I'm really tired of being your cocoon. 16 more days is just too long and don't even think about being late or my medical team (Daddy and the cats) will help remove you!

Love Mommy.


I called and set up maternity leave with corporate this morning. What a pain in the ass. I have to call them again once I'm out on leave (next Friday is my last day) and then again once the baby is born... I've got other things to do, people!

I was up from 2-6 last night... or actually this morning. I just couldn't get comfortable and then felt wide awake. I had a few mildly painful contractions but they only lasted an hour or two.

Molly has come over a few times to give me the most incredible foot/ankle massages. They feel so good I honestly think I could slip into a pleasure coma. Hopefully she'll continue to do this until the baby comes and maybe even after! (hint hint)

37 week appt

I had my appointment this morning and they told me that I am now considered full term and could go anytime. That's encouraging, however, I could also go two weeks past my due date (which is another 5 weeks) so that's not so encouraging. I lost 2 pounds this past week which was nice to hear. That puts me at 27 pounds gained total so far. (I packed on the pounds in the past 5 weeks). Right now Jack is estimated to weigh about 6-6 1/2 pounds. The midwife said they can only give a guess and could be off by a few pounds. She said that Jack does not feel like a big baby at this point, though. She checked my cervix and I'm about 1 centimeter dilated and 70% effaced. That was exciting to hear but again I could remain this way for another 5 weeks. She said that it feels like Jack is moving down because I'm starting to measure small. I'm measuring 36 weeks instead of 37, and last week I was measuring 35 when I was 36. She could also feel his head in my pelvis.

I have also lost my sense of humor about this whole pregnancy thing. I can no longer pretend to laugh along when people make comments about my size. It's NOT FUNNY, SHUT UP and LEAVE ME ALONE.

Off topic... Sharon found us a couch for the 'office' and put a nice cover over it. Apparently, the cat doesn't understand that you're supposed to sit on top of the cover, not underneath it. And yes, Binkie already puked on the cover... it took him about 3 days

This is why I choose not to make friends...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090607/ap_on_re_us/us_pregnant_woman_killed

God's Gift to My Bowels

This has been a rough week for my bowels. I haven't had much trouble with constipation for the last 35 weeks but this past week was HORRIBLE! I picked up come Citrucel and have been pounding it for the last 2 days and oh the relief!

36 weeks

I had a doctor appointment on Tuesday and everything is coming along nicely. Jack is estimated to be about 6lbs now and 8lbs at birth. I've been having horrible rib pain on the left side to the point where I can no longer lay or lean on that side. I asked the doctor about this and she said she had the same problem when she was pregnant with her son. Her son is now 30 years old and she still hasn't forgot how painful that was. Apparently it's only going to get worse, especially during labor... awesome. I've been having problems sleeping so I was given a prescription for Ambien but I'm afraid to take it. I get up about 3 times a night to pee and if I take a sleeping pill I fear that I'll just wet the bed and sleep right through it. She said I could also take Tylenol PM or Benadryl so I think I'll try one of those first since they aren't that strong.

I've been having mentsral like cramps the past few days and the doctor said that that might be my cervix rippening so they will check it next week.

Jack feels huge and he's still moving like crazy. He gets the hiccups about 3 times a day. I can't sleep much any more. I have no problem falling asleep but then I'll wake up (usually to pee) and won't be able to fall asleep for 2-4 hours. I desperately need naps throughout the day but because of the new work schedule I don't have time for them. I can't wait to be done with work and I especially can't wait for Jack to come!

My baby shower was this past Saturday and it was awesome. Everyone was so generous, we're very blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends. Below is Hazel trying out the Pack n Play.

Below are my 36 week pictures. My belly button is now sticking out and still no stretch marks, phew!!

I need this for work...

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