38 Weeks and counting!

It was recently brought to my attention that my recent blog posts (save one) are all about baby or food...or both. It is true that these are the two obsessions that seem to consume my life at this time, but I promise that my very next post will be something totally unrelated to baby and food! BUT since today marks 38 weeks of pregnancy I have to update. Be sure to leave a comment or email me with your prediction of the delivery date and time - the person closest to it will get a little something! :O)We had a doctors appointment this morning. A LOT has been happening this week and I was sure I had progressed in the dilation department, but I am still at only 1 cm. BUT, I am now 70% effaced (instead of 50% from last week) AND her head is very low and nestled right in to place. The doctor even seemed surprised at how low she was. She said not to worry about only being 1 cm because it could change any time, fast or slow. I've known something was happening down there because I've had so many braxton-hicks and real contractions this week and something else happened last weekend to denote that progress is in the works, but it isn't something you post on a blog, so if you really want to know you can email or message me, but writing it here would definitely count as TMI (too much information).

I'm really feeling good, but because she has dropped so much there are some resulting discomforts. Baby's head is often right on a bundle of nerves which make it hard to walk (its really pathetic looking sometimes). Breathing is so much better, but trips to the bathroom have increased (as if they weren't enough before). Another new phenomenon from her dropping is that her weight pulls and stretches the nerves on top of my tummy making the whole upper part of my belly numb (like my foot is asleep or something). But none of it is unbearable and only means D-day is that much closer so I'll take it - even the 2 days of swollen feet which is not bad compared to most women I've heard of.

She has been as active as ever and still growing. She has started this thing where she pushes her foot out as far as she possibly can out of my left side - to the point that there is no mistaking a footmark there...so much so that you can actually grab it and tickle it. She doesn't ever pull away immediately so I'm not entirely convinced she doesn't like it. BUT she always seems to know when I pull the camera out because she stops it immediately - I'll catch her one of these days.

I have definitely been nesting. I didn't think so for a while until Dan pointed out all the things I have been doing. I have just had so much energy to get the entire house and nursery ready to go. Closets, garage, nursery, bedroom, guest room are all ready to go. Diapers are all prewashed and ready to go (did I ever mention we are doing cloth? I will save that for another day), carseat is installed, stroller set up. Baby clothes organized, washed, counted, and put away. Hospital bags packed, a few freezer meals in the works (our freezer is pretty small so there isn't too much I can do there), and MUCH...MUCH More. Our house is the cleanest and most organized it has been since we've been married.Dan caught me working on a closet

Well, we are SO excited. Coworkers of Dan's keep telling him that, "Your life is going to change forever man" (and not in a positive tone), but we are ready for that change, we want that change, and welcome it with open arms. We are ready and waiting for our little girl and cannot wait to hold her and look at her. It is so amazing! The countdown is on and she could realistically come any time, but I'd like to make it to my baby shower on Saturday which I'm sure I'll be able to do. My guess is in the next week. What is yours?