The Waiting Game

Today I'm about 38.5 weeks pregnant and actually for the last 2 weeks have been feeling a bit better. For about a month there I was completely miserable every evening. Tightness and pain in the belly and just extremely uncomfortable but that's taken a bit of a last turn and it's not TOO horrible. I remember this time with the other 2. It's almost a boring time as we have everything packed and done and ready for baby boy but can't really venture too far from home to do activities. I deep cleaned the fridge this weekend as everything else is done and I'm trying to just relax and keep the kiddos on their schedule.

Ady has been a bit different the last couple of weeks almost as though she knows change is coming. She's been acting out more and while I know she's 3.5 and it's par for the course, I think it's related to the baby. Drew has been fabulous except for maybe some heightened anxiety but that's always been part of his personality. Derek and I on the other hand are pretty calm and genuinely just excited to get the show on the road and meet the little man.

I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions quite often but other than that there's really no sign that I'm so close to delivering. At 36 weeks he measured at 8 pounds already, at 37 weeks he was 8.5 pounds and at 38 weeks he estimated about 9lbs. The OB has said he'll be a very big baby and had mentioned an early induction at my 36 week appt but I'm hoping we can avoid that as I really really really didn't want to have to do an induction again. But, apparently my babies are just stubborn and won't ever come out on their own! Either way, we're getting there, slowly but surely and if this blog goes silent for a while, it's probably because he decided to enter this world!