These are pictures from my birthday dinner with Troy. I feel like such a lucky girl :)
This is what a 9 1/2 month pregnant woman who is about to pop looks like
So I figure I should probably get something up here quick because I am starting to feel like this baby could come out any day now. I could very well be posting many more messages before she comes but in case I don't I wanted to give a little update. I am on "Labor Alert" as my friend called it in her blog (she has the same due date as me, how crazy huh?) and I have definitely dropped according to all of the women at my work. I do feel like things feel different now as I don't feel quite as short of breath and when I sleep or sit for a while I am noticing my hips are starting to ache a bit, which they weren't a week ago. Sleeping has also recently changed with many more trips to the bathroom during the night (I think I got up 4 times last night) and I have to rotate myself every few hours - I feel like a burger being flipped. Also when I look at my profile I notice it's not as high and "bouncy" as it used to look but rather low and kinda lopsided to the bottom. I am hoping that when I go to the doctor on Friday he will give me good news. As of 1 week ago I was 1/2 cm dialated (I know that's nothing but at least it's a start) so I am having big hopes for this Friday! We'll see!
I have been working like crazy around the house getting the baby's room ready. I have everything bought and washed and all set to be used. Troy has gotten a lot ready too. After we went to our birthing class last weekend he started the daddy-to-be freak out with packing bags and telling me not to buy milk at the store because I might go into labor that night! I couldn't help but laugh at him and his response was "you've know about the baby for 9 months now, I feel like I just found out today!" Haha, wow what a thought! Yes I have been well aware that we are going to have a baby through all of the good and bad parts of pregnancy.
The past 2 weeks have been very eventful. 2 weekends ago we attended our childbirth education class at the hospital where we watched movies showing us live births during which I sat on the floor afraid I would pass out and we also learned different breathing techniques for during labor. I was really glad that Troy and I went to this and Troy has been really great about helping me practice some of the breathing and getting everything prepared for the big day. On Sunday night after the class (during which I felt absolutely fine I must say) I started to feel a little sick to my stomach so I decided to quick eat some dinner and take a nap. During the nap I was woken up by horrible stomach cramps and ended up calling my doctor who instrutcted me to go to the Labor and Delivery department at our hospital. I was really scared and they kept me overnight on a monitor and did an ultrasound in the morning to check my pancreas, liver and gallbladder but determined that it was just the stomach flu. Take it from me, you don't want to get the stomach flu and you especially don't want to get it when you are 9 months pregnant! I took a few days off of work and and feeling perfectly fine now and I am well aquainted with the Labor and Delivery ward at the hospital A hidden bonus I suppose!
Last weekend was my third and last baby shower. A couple of my friends threw it for me and I had a wonderful time! We played some fun games where they tried to guess how big my waist was by using toilet paper (I said that was fine as long as they didn't try to guess my thighs haha!) and made up names combining Kristin and Troy, which we found out is not an easy task. I haven't decided yet completely but I doubt I will use the names Stinky or Kitten, although thank you to Brooke and Traci for the good suggestions!
I am done rambling now. You are officially updated. I know there is a request for pictures but I don't have any right at the moment. I will try to get the up here before I lose it but until then it's up to your imagination. If you need help, just try to think of me with an elephant strapped on the front of me. Ok, let's not go crazy. Maybe just a baby elephant. :)
