Tuesday, May 29, 2012

39 Weeks

Fetal Development Week 40
Well we are almost to the due date, but I am not holding my breath on delivering just yet, I'm pretty sure I will at least make it to my due date, which is next Monday (6 days from now), and possibly longer, which is okay I guess. The only thing that makes me a little nervous is that my step Mom took off work this week and next in order to be available around the time of the baby's birth and her parents are coming all the way from Illinois next week also to be around for the birth. It's definitely a great idea and I'm excited that they all want to be around for the birth, but part of me thinks "what if she's not born during that time?" That would kinda stink, but it's out of my control. Mostly I miss running, and I really don't enjoy my feet being swollen and sore all the time, and I'm often very tired but for the most part I don't seem to be getting any more uncomfortable so as long as I stay about like I feel right now it's bearable. 
This past Sunday I had a hard time getting up and I felt kinda sick and crampy, like menstrual cramps kinda. We got up, went to church like always and by then I felt a little better. However during lunch I started having some pretty strong Braxton Hicks contractions and we tried timing them but they were very irregular and like 15 minutes apart so not enough to excited over. Eventually they went away and then tonight I got really hungry before dinner and had a few contractions so I think we've decided that being overly hungry causes me to have contractions, or at least to think that I'm having them. I mean I've been having irregular ones for a while now but hunger is one thing that just seems to set them off.  
I'm still going for walks and doing yoga at Destination Maternity twice a week. Michael and I even went to partner yoga this past Saturday and told the instructor we thought it would be our last partner yoga but then the instructor told us that the next one would actually be this coming Saturday June 2nd soooo we will probably be there since my due date is not until June 4th. 
Several friends and family members actually texted me today to see how I was feeling which I thought was very sweet of them! 
Meanwhile Zelda is always squirming around, I always feel her back on my right side and her feet (or something) poking out on my left side. She gets hiccups A LOT, even has them right now! I still appreciate the feeling of her moving inside me, I wonder if I will miss that after she is born...

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