8 days to go...NO PROGRESS YET!

Well, after lots of aches and pains this past week...thinking that I had to be making SOME progress....nothing. I visited the doctor today for my 38 1/2 week check up. Molly's heart beat sounds great, my blood pressure is excellent...he "checked" me for dilation and effacement...nothing. While he was doing that, he was concerned that she turned around from head down to possibly side lying or breech...so he got the ultrasound machine in and we got a glimpse of her! She is head down, but hasn't dropped (geez!! With all the pressure and pains I feel 'down below' I thought she did...but I guess not!)...she has a big head. He measured me at 40 weeks, which indicates that she is a BIG BABY!!!

Here are a couple of pictures. I'm taking each day as they come...some are better than others. I'm not able to sleep very well at all. I am wired until about 11 p.m., then lay down and shift back and forth all night long.

My birthday is this weekend...Mike is going to make me something special for dinner and I think I'll have a few visitors come see me...don't feel like going out anywhere in my condition! We are very excited to meet Molly...Mike is getting anxious for her to be here! The port a crib is all set up in our room and her room is all ready to go. Just a waiting game now!

Till next time!
Angel :)

Ouch!!!!

Well...almost 38 weeks now..starting to have more and more Braxton Hicks. Today was awful and I think things are getting started! I officially have 15 days until the due date. I'm not a happy camper today...having strong contractions off and on all day, probably about 3 or so per hour.

Here's a pic of me last week...getting big!! We are all ready. I am still packing the hospital bags though and Mike needs to install the new car seat but I have to clean out the car first!! haha

More to come!
Angel :/

Added at 11:15 p.m.....so to top off my already painful and uncomfortable day, I fell in the kitchen! My butt and knee is hurting now. OUCH OUCH!! I was taking the lid off of the steamer and of course, clumsey me-I dropped it. I took a step toward it to pick it up, not knowing that on the way down, the lid had dropped water, and there I go! One leg in front...the other bent in back and on my bootie....I need a do-over today. :(

36 Weeks!!! Almost there!!!

Whew! Well....first of all, we moved and it was successful!! Still unpacking, but getting more and more organized!! Molly's room is coming together, as is Alyson's!! The girls are both upstairs, and the loft is their playroom....it's so fun!!

Me....well, had my 36 week appt. I have officially gained 40 lbs. But, it's ALL BELLY!!!! (And, maybe a little water retention with the heat)...I found out I'm anemic...so I need to take a yucky iron pill every day. I took one that day and spent my last day at work throwing up. Not fun! Another thing I learned is that my blood pressure is a bit high...so they want me to come in every 5 days to monitor that. Other than that, Molly is growing and moving all around inside this big belly! She's head down now and I think she's dropping! Very heavy!

So, as the days go by, things get more and more ready. We are very excited and Alyson has been helping me get things in order. Mike started working more to bring in more money while I am out of work. I will get disability pay that will kick in soon, but it's 2/3 of what I normally get.

Hope all is well with everyone that might read this! I would have a picture, but I forgot to ask Mike to take one this morning!! I'll post pictures later in the week of Molly's room and me!

Angel :)