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*BIGGEST SIGH EVER* guess I'll be pregnant forever. But really, it wont be more than a week because I'll probably be induced if I go a week over my due date. I think I don't want to be induced just because I want to have the experience of natural labor beginning. I have anticipated it so much that in a way it would feel like a let down to just have it scheduled. Ah, either way it will be a blessing to have a healthy babe. I don't think there has been any other instance in my life that is such a big deal, but I have had no idea WHEN it's going to happen.  In the evenings, I really feel like something is going on. Each day the feels get a little more intense: constant tightness, occasional sharp pains in various places, an overwhelming feeling of heaviness in my belly. Some moments in the evenings have even taken my breath, but as soon as I lay down to go to sleep, they go away. In the morning and early afternoon I don't even feel tight. Its so weird, and frustr...

Welp, Tim and I went to the doctor this week and while everything was good, there was not a mad rush to the hospital to deliver baby Baker. My blood pressure was a bit high, so they had me lay on my left side for 5 minutes so they could take it again. The second time it was much better. The doctor told me I need to be extra careful with my blood sugar in the time leading up to delivery... I kinda lied and said its all been fine, but honestly I have only been testing my blood first thing in the morning, very occasionally.  So I know my resting blood sugar is good! I am going to force myself to get back in the habit of testing it. Unfortunately I have really been wanting foods that lean more toward the carby, sweet side. They seem more neutral to my tum. Besides, anything even the slightest bit salty makes me swell like mad. So no sweet and no salty leaves me with mostly plain veggies and raw almonds. I've been eating a crapload of raw almonds. But, I have been cheating here and th...

Well so far none of the induce labor "tricks" work. You name it, we've tried it. I know I'm jumping the gun a bit considering I haven't even reached my due date yet, but I am just so anxious! I am trying to just calm down about it... Tim and I need to enjoy our last days of childlessness. I think maybe I had ONE real contraction during the night a few days ago. I dunno if it makes sense to have had just one all by itself, but maybe that is what it was. Other than that, I just have a very heavy feeling on the bottom of my belly/uterus, it feels like the baby is just gonna fall out. In the evenings the baby is so wiggly that it is terribly uncomfortable. It doesn't feel like cute little pokes and kicks, its like full on shoves and jabs from inside, right in the hips or the ribs. Even laying on my side is not comfortable anymore, I feel like I am being pulled forward and it hurts my back. Rolling over from my left side to my right side takes me a full 15 seco...

More like a million weeks.  I am getting pretty sick of being pregnant now. All of the big milestones of pregnancy have come and gone, and now I just feel like I am waiting. I guess I do want maybe one more week to get a few loose ends tied up at work, but other than that I am ready to go! The nursery is now finished, and we are rather in love with it. It is not exactly what I envisioned at first, but I am really happy with how it turned out.  Tim and I (and Lucy) all find ourselves just wandering in there to daydream.  It has a very soothing atmosphere as well, so it just feels nice to be in there.  I hope Babby agrees.  We have also been working on super stocking the household.  We've got a freezer FULL of easy, delicious Trader Joe's food to make quick dinners once the baby arrives, as well as canned stuff in the pantry.  I also have an extreme sized and extreme discounted order coming from Amazon with toilet paper, tissues, diapers, to...