I can't believe how tired I am ALL the time now....  I wake up in the morning after a 9 hour sleep and feel like going back to bed by lunch time.  I'm also starting to notice that my feet are swelling pretty regularly now.  I wake up in the morning with stiff toes and sore marshmallow feet.

I have 3 weeks left at work...I hope I can make it that long! I haven't seen my friends or family in ages! It's driving me insane. I'd also like to finish my Christmas shopping, but I never seem to have time!

Chris and I are going to take  a trial run to our delivery hospital sometime soon, make sure we know how long it will take and find an easy route.

The last OBGYN appointment I went for was last tuesday. My Doctor and I discussed pain relief for birth. I'm not feeling good about the epidural at all...I really don't want it. I'll have to discuss other analgesics with someone when I actually go into labour. My ultimate goal is to try not to have any drugs...but we'll see what happens when the time comes.

She told me that the baby is now upside down, but that's nothing I already didn't figure out from all the kicks to the ribs I've been having for the last few weeks!

We have our "Childsafe" course on saturday. We're going to learn how to baby-proof the house and what to do in an emergency. I hope it's fun!

Well I have to get ready for work, take care!!!!!!!

XOXOXO

OK so I braved another preggo picture... Check out my belly in the photo album. I'm no longer putting up bare skin shots though, I have this kind of irritated looking skin at the moment.

We went for our obgyn apointment today. I'm measuring exactly at 29 weeks, all the blood work I went for and the gestational diabetes test came back normal. All is well.

Now I just need to work on not being bitchy, that might take some effort. I'm beginning to feel uncomfortable all the time and waking up a million times a night to either pee or cry cause the cramps are so bad. 

38 more days until my last day at work! 

I'm finally giving my 6 weeks notice to work. I'm worried that I maybe waited too long... I just don't want to be at work when I look and feel like a heiffer!  I was also concerned about them not learning everything they need to before I leave, but so far no one is really making the extra effort to learn more there. So if they're not even trying, why am I worried?

I'm 28 weeks now, and feeling overly tired all the time. I've left work early a few times this week just so I could go home and lay down.  Between trying to X-mas shop, sleep enough, and work I'm flat out poooooooped.

Maybe we'll get around to getting a preggo picture tonight... I know it's been a while.

Well time to type out my notice...this belly isn't getting any smaller!

I could have sworn that I was 27 weeks this week, but after checking here and my calandar  I realized that I'm just nuts!

It's possible that from being really sick the last few days that I'm confused, or maybe it's that well known "Baby-Brain" that everyone keeps talking about...Either way I feel kind of stupid!

Baby is doing well, she keeps tap dancing on my bladder and kicking me in strange and sometimes painful places.

Chris and I decided on a name for her (finally).

Raina Denise Heinaranta

I hope she likes it !

I'm still working like crazy, even going in on my days off for a few hours of training new staff or doing payroll and such since no one else knows how. I don't mind that ,much but I'm tired and ready for some rest.  I'm still debating when to give my Mat leave notice...at 32 weeks or 34? When do most people go on leave from a job where they're required t stand all day????

Anyhow off to work I go....