37 weeks

Its hard to believe I am already at 37 weeks! January 14th is moving in fast and I am so very very ready! I have had a pretty easy pregnancy so far other than the 1st trimester which wasn't as bad as others but it was still pretty rough. But this last month has not been very much fun at all, I am swollen, mostly my feet and my hands, I have carpal tunnel which my doctor said will go away but I seriously have not been able to feel my fingers in weeks....that is getting old. I am so uncomfortable, I am not sleeping very well since every position hurts after a while which means poor Josh isn't sleeping either. I'm short of breath, I can't breath through my nose, I am so thirsty, and I have to pee all the time. It is so beautiful :) BUT I am so thankful because it is so worth it and even though I complain sometimes I am so happy to get to experience this. I love to feel the baby move, it is so amazing how strong she is, I love that I can tell where she is laying because there is a big bulge sticking out of my belly. I had no idea I would enjoy being pregnant since I was so terrified when I found out we were pregnant.
I was afraid I would be a psycho pregnant woman, crying all the time, yelling at people for no reason, etc. etc. we have all known at least one :) but so far I have been pretty normal, maybe a little bit more blunt and a little short tempered but I really think I am keeping it under control...you may need to double check that with Josh and Liam hahaha. I am super happy that my belly button is still hanging "in" there for now, only 3 weeks to go will we make it??? We will see. :) So far thanks to my mama's awesome genes I haven't gotten any stretch marks, hoping to stay that way but we shall see.
Last Wednesday night I had contractions, every 20 minutes for 4 hours lucky me those were between the hours of 1:30 am and 5:30 am then they just stopped and I got to get about 2 hours of sleep before Liam woke up. I had a doctors appointment already for Thursday afternoon, he said that was pretty normal and that his wife had contractions every 20 minutes for a month, not really what I wanted to hear. I was hoping more for "ok lets have this baby"....but good to know its normal I guess. I haven't had any regular ones since then, I have had a few that were an hour apart but none that were consistent. I finally got my other ultrasound!!! Raegan is still a girl! She was still being difficult be he is pretty confident she is a she. Everything looks good, he said she looks a little chunky which is good for her, maybe not so much for me. I didn't get a picture, since she is so big it was a little hard to tell what we were looking at sometimes but I did get a pretty good look at her face, so exciting! I cannot wait to see her! Josh has been staying with Liam while I go to the Dr. so he missed it but its nice to actually get to focus on the doctor and not have to be watching Liam at the same time.
I am packed and ready to go, hopefully I will be able to go into labor on my own and will not have to be induced. This is the hardest part for me, having no control. My type A personality is really struggling with the inability to plan anything to do with when she will be born. I am a little nervous but I think I have just reached the point where I am ready to not be pregnant anymore and labor doesn't seem so bad after all.