37 Weeks! OMG - We are FULL TERM!

Well, we are officially on the home stretch now! We are 37 weeks and our baby is full term which is the best feeling ever. I still cannot believe that in about 3 weeks-ish we will meet our son!
Last Tuesday we thought that maybe we would be meeting him a little earlier than we expected. I was leaking some fluid that I thought was maybe my water. Well, actually for about a week I just thought I was wetting my pants all the time, but then after a while realized it was happening at times when I didn't have to go. :) TMI, sorry. Anyway, they had me come in that day and we found out that it was just fluid, not amniotic, but just harmless fluid. So that was good. I am not sure I was prepared to give birth that day.

I am getting more and more used to the idea of the birth and less and less scared of the whole "process" that is right around the corner. I think that I am just getting so dang excited to meet him that I am ready and willing to take whatever this birth thing has to throw at me! Bring it on, but please be gentle....please....

We have another appt today. If there is anything blog worthy I will add to this. Until then we are just getting ready for this baby to come into our world! Love it!
xoxox
BC
PS: He is hiccuping as I write....so COOL!

35 week belly!

Will blog more later, but just wanted to get photo up!
xoxo
B

34 weeks....6ish to go! Whoa!

I couldn't decide which photo showed better so I threw them both up! Wow - 34 weeks, 6 to go. Pretty crazy. I feel awesome and still love being pregnant. A little back pain (but I had that before pregnancy, so what is new) and trouble sleeping (great practice for what is to come). Last night I was up for 45 minutes after I went to bed because Sam had hiccups. It is so cool, but definitely makes it hard to fall asleep when you have a little being in you making tiny little bumps every 10 seconds.
I have been going to yoga very regularly and that is helping in many ways. Getting my mind and body ready for what is to come! I love it - so many women with their pregnant bellies (large and small) just coming together to breath, stretch and mentally prepare for all that life has to offer....love it!
I have been a little less scared about the birth itself these days and kinda of curious in a weird way, but am still really cool with being pregnant for a little while longer. Not quite ready for that whole circus. But I think when it comes I will be ready. I know that I will be dying to meet Sam!!!!!!!!!!!!1

xoxo

B

Holy 33 Week Belly!

So, 33 weeks down and 7 to go! Wow - I still cannot believe it! I feel good, huge, but good. But growing is an important part of pregnancy so I am happy to do it. Don't get me wrong, some days are hard when you cannot find one ounce of the body you knew for 29 years anywhere. But this new temporary one that is housing my little baby is pretty amazing too and I need to get over myself and my insecurities. All in all, I still love being pregnant. I love getting up and feeling him move around and kick me. It is what gets me through each day - I look forward to every turn, kick, hiccup....I love it all! I will miss that for sure!
We met with our Doula Emily to go over our birth plan. Craziness – It was hard to think about the birth in such detail. Questions that refer to cutting or tearing one of your very senstive body parts are hard to give an answer to. Pretty much scared the sh*t out of me, but what I can do about it? He has to come out some day, some way - nothing I can do about it now!
We are just starting to move back into our bedroom and get little Sam's room ready for him! It is amazing and I cannot wait for each night to watch it take shape more. But I have to admit that this having my son inside me still has not hit me. And the idea of actually have a little baby to call my own in my life has totally escaped me. I cannot believe I am going to me a mom. I cannot believe I am going to have a son. I cannot wait, but until that day comes I will be in this constant state of disbelief!

All in all, life is pretty amazing!