Almost there

I just wanted to document how I've been feeling the past few weeks. I'm hoping Ben comes very, very soon, although I don't have my hopes up. I'll be 39 weeks on Monday.

Up until last week, I was still feeling So! Wonderful! I felt kind of annoying telling people how great I felt. I was energetic and relatively pain free, aside from the constant leg-joint/pelvis pain. But, this week things started to change. I'm still feeling good...but I am so ready for Ben to be here. One night this week, my pelvis and leg joints hurt so bad that Joel had to help me roll over in bed, get out of bed and even move my legs into a comfy position for sleep. It was nearly impossible for me to move my legs. The next day at work was a challenge as I hobbled around. Luckily, that extreme pain only lasted less than 24 hours (I had a massage, so I think that helped).

At work, everyone is soooo nice to me, but I am getting tired of the comments from EVERY coworker EVERY time they pass my desk. "Whoa, that baby is bustin out!" "Oh, Jaime, you make my back hurt just looking at you" "Oh, you look like you've dropped" "Oh, it doesn't look like you've dropped" "You're enormous" "You look great"! I'm nice to everyone, but it's hard to come up with unique reactions to EVERY comment.

On Thursday, I had an appt with my midwife. I was 1 cm dilated, 40% effaced and -2 station (I didn't know what that meant until I googled it when I got home). She was very excited with how low he was. She recommended Evening Primrose Oil to help soften my cervix. She also stripped my membranes, which was a bit uncomfy but not painful.

Today is Saturday and I woke up, as usual, ready to get a bunch of things done. I was super crabby with Joel for the first part of the day until he started doing things around the house. But, mid-morning, I was just soooo tired, so I took a nap (that is extremely rare). I figure I need to rest now....

Right now I'm sitting in the sunshine in our backyard writing this blog post. It's supposed to be 70 degrees today. We're going to the Smith's tonight for dinner with the Bailey's. Just trying to make the most of our pre-Ben time!