38 Weeks

I was having a contraction while the second picture was being taken. Obviously not a bad one, since I'm smiling.....but still.

I don't even know what to say tonight. There's a lot to say, yet I have no words. I am so eager and so anxious.....so excited and so scared. Scott and I have been doing a lot of talking about how we're feeling, which I think is helping a lot. It's a good reminder that we're not in this alone, and that we're a team as we take on this challenge.

I'm feeling all right. My back hurts, and I have lots of pressure in different places. I'm hungry all the time. I have a hard time getting to sleep, but once I enter dreamland, I sleep great. Of course, I'm having lots of contractions. They're usually more noticeable at night. My doctor said that he wants to know if I have 5 or more in an hour, or if my belly keeps getting hard (as hard as the wall) for 30-40 seconds at a time. I'm not consistently there, but I have definitely had some that made my belly harder than I've ever felt it before. As hard as the wall, I'd say.

Scott and I are both feeling the urgency of getting things ready before we go to the hospital. Since we have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, that could well be tomorrow, so we've been getting as much done as we can. (Granted, because of my current endurance (lack thereof) and speed (lack thereof), he's been doing a lot more than I have.) The house looks great now, so if we have to jet off to the hospital we'll at least be leaving it in order.

Time is passing really slowly.

My doctor's appointment tomorrow is at 1:30, I think. I am absolutely dying to hear what he has to say. There's a lot hinging on those few minutes.