On the up...compared to the other day!

Well, after my venting session the other day I felt much better - thanks for letting me a griper! On Tuesday afternoon I went to my Dr's appointment and....we're at 1cm!! That literally means I could go at any moment...or in a few weeks. haha! It's progress though and as I write this 2 days later...I think we are progressing!

First things first I did want to get some pictures up, they aren't great, but at this point - it'll have to do!

39 weeks for both...two different angles of my hugeness!

As you can see, we've reached the picture! I have some older shots of me standing in this very spot using the picture as a way to measure the belly. I'm not sure if we'll have another one before this little (or maybe not so little) peanut comes out!

So, after my appointment I went to Target. I lasted all of about 10 minutes in the store before my innards felt as though they could just drop out at any second. That seems to be the trend right now. If I do feel like I have energy, it is short lived and I need to try and stay on top of the actual level of energy there is to be spent! I'm not sure that it helped that on Tuesday morning I woke up with swollen glands. Dr. Covert said to take some Tylenol and kids robitussin if necessary. I did take the tylenol, but not the robitussin...and now here I'm home from work with a horrible sinus infection, raw throat and nose...and no robitussin in sight! Poor Jason slept out on the couch two nights ago becuase of my snoring and dead-sleep. Last night he did sleep in the bed, but neither of us got much of any continuous sleep due to my nose draining, blowing, coughing, etc...all that glamorous stuff. If it isn't enough to have to push a watermelon out soon...a cold is exactly what I need right now!

A friend of mine told me that with all 3 of her kids, she got a cold shortly before going into labor. I don't mind the swollen glands and runny nose, but this yellow goo coming from my sinuses hopefully subsides by the time any nurse expects any true effort given from me!

Up to this point, I haven't noticed any contractions - at least not that I knew were contractions. Turns out I have progressively had some Braxton Hicks contractions here and there. Those are fairly painless and just tightening of my stomach. It gets super hard and the only comfort loss is dependent on how the baby is laying. If it doesn't like the squeeze and tries to move, tight quarters get event tighter! Last night I woke up and had to blow my nose. I was lying on my back and tried to sit up. I must have been having one of the BH contractions because my stomach was hard as a rock and when I sat up, the muscles in my back totally spasmed. I thought I was in labor - it brought tears to my eyes with how it jerked me out of sleep with such a shock, but I had Jason help me sit up and I walked around. After my back relaxed, no other issues came up. So...we still wait! We're still a week out so we have time yet...I'm just not sure how much time or patience my body will have.

All in all - we're on our way. I don't plan on going back to the office until after my leave. I do plan to work from home next week if there's no baby yet, but now that I'm home bound...I can rest and get better I hope!

Until next time...