Pregnant with a captial P!

How Far Along: 39 weeks tomorrow


Size of Baby: BIG... or at least she feels that way!  The ultrasound/computer has her weighing in at over 7 lbs!  Let's hope it's wrong! lol


Total Weight Gain: About 23 lbs


Maternity Clothes: Yep!  Yoga pants at home and maternity jeans when I'm out!  :-)  When this is over all my pants that zip and button are going to take some getting used to! 


Gender: Sweet baby girl!


Movement: OH MY!  She is out of room, but that doesn't stop her!  She keeps her little booty sticking out half the time just under my ribs and she feels like she scratching my insides when she moves her hands.  Whens she kicks and moves, my whole belly moves with her!  My weekly ultrasounds over the past three weeks have revealed her playing with her toes and sucking her thumb! lol


Sleep: Difficult.  I have been taking a nap just about every day though, and that helps!


Symptoms: The usual... heart burn, I have been more tired the past couple weeks, and I bump into stuff and lose my balance a lot! lol.


What I Miss: Not being on "bed rest."  I am trying to follow doctor's orders, but this laying around on my left side got old fast... like within the first hour.  My blood pressure has been consistently wonderful for three weeks, and I think the bed rest thing was just because my BP was up while we were moving, but she says once she puts a patient on bed rest she doesn't lift it until baby comes... so here I am.  :-)  Hoping baby comes... like... today! lol


Cravings: Cereal and sweets. 


Best Moment This Week: We went to the doctor for an ultrasound and check up on Tuesday and found that I was at 1/2 a centimeter and Ava Grace was at -2 station!  Dr. H swept my membranes to prod things along.  We asked about induction and she said when I got to 2 centimeters and Ava Grace got to 0 station we'd talk!  She is letting me come back Friday when I am "officially" 29 weeks to see if we are there yet!  Keeping my fingers crossed!  :-)  My mama went 10 days over and had BIG babies... whew... bless her heart!  I am hoping Dr. H can help me out by getting Ava Grace here before or on her due date, not after, and hopefully less than HUGE! LOL!


What I'm Looking Forward To:  Holding my sweet girl and seeing her tiny little face.  Watching my amazing husband see her for the first time - sometimes I think he is more excited than I am (if that's even possible).  Becoming a family of four.  And... having my body back... at least, part of it any way! lol.  :-) 



Side Note:  Not pregnancy related, but letting everyone know... I am trying to blog!  We have been so busy with the move and holidays!  Plus, our new home is in the country and WE LOVE IT, but that also means we are out of the comcast network and have to use a satellite connection which is faster than dial up, but slower than cable.  If anyone has done this before and has suggestions or a good company to go with, let me know!  I miss my SUPER HIGH SPEED Internet!!  Without it, blogging takes a little more time - especially uploading pictures - and I already have lots of Christmas pics to share and I am about to have LOTS of baby pics to share, so I've got to figure out something soon!!  :-)