10 To Go

We can officially count the number of weeks left in this pregnancy on one hand. Most of the time that still seems so far away; 10 weeks, that is 2 ½ months people! But every so often I find myself thinking “Holy crap… what have I gotten myself into?! She is going to be here any day now and we are absolutely NOT prepared to be parents.” (Which of course is true, but I shouldn’t be thinking that way.)

So far I think I’ve had a pretty good pregnancy aka not too much sickness or hormones or other problems common to creating another human being. Lately though things have been-a-changing. I hadn’t had any problems with being all hormonal and emotional (I think… I guess we should probably ask Christian about that) but lately I will just be staring at my slightly pulsating belly or Christian and start tearing up and I just feel like sobbing. Not sad tears, happy ones. It’s just weird how often that has happened lately.

And I am starting to get more and more uncomfortable as the days go by. I’m not sure why but most days I come home from work and my butt hurts to a ridiculous degree. I think it is mostly my tailbone/hips because I’m pretty sure it is not the muscles. So even a butt massage doesn’t help (yes, we’ve tried that). And nights are a toss-up. Some nights I sleep pretty good but others don’t go so well. If I can fall asleep at a reasonable hour, I am inevitably awoken (multiple times throughout the night) by either my dead arm/leg or by Christian’s horrendous teeth-grinding or by a very active/trying-to-kick-her-way-out-of-me baby. The sad thing is… I know it is just going to get worse.

On the good side of things Baby Girl is still very active (though I don’t understand how, given the very limited space she has). And I’m pretty sure I passed my second Glucose Test (aka the Lets-see-how-many-times-a pregnant-lady-can-handle-being-stabbed-in-the-arm-when-she-is-absolutely-starving-and-feeling-slightly-nauseous Test). I checked my lab results online and I’m pretty sure they were in the normal range. Thank goodness for not having Gestational Diabetes. Especially because they would be checking my blood way more often if I did have it (and I would have to watch what I eat…better than I do now, of course).

We also found a glider! Finally. I have been checking Craigslist for the longest time and haven’t really come across anything good. But we finally got one this week. Now we just want to paint the chair and cover the cushions with something slightly less ugly and stained… and I will remember to take pictures to show you the AMAZING transformation… hopefully.

In other non-baby related news, Christian takes the LSAT today. So remember to send up a little prayer that we don’t end up going to Law School in the middle of nowhere.