I now have 2 weeks until my due date.  In just a matter of days I'll be into single digits.  I can't believe how time has flown!  I don't really have any big news to report.  We're just kinda waiting out the days and getting little things done here and there. 

Jonah has been moving a lot less lately.  I know he's running out of room in there, but I've also read that the baby tends to "calm down" right before labor, like he's saving up his energy or something.  Of course I'm hoping that this is the reason for his decreased movements.  He's also taken a liking to using my bladder as a punching bag.  I've lost count of the number of times I visit the bathroom in a day.

This Sunday is Mother's Day.  Maybe Jonah will decide to surprise me with my first Mother's Day gift - his birth!  Wouldn't that be nice?

Well, that's all for now.  Keep us in your prayers for a short, easy, pain-free, complication-free delivery - SOON!  God bless everyone!

Only 15 more days until my due date...  Not much to report from the doctor's appointment yesterday.  I gained one more pound, so my total weight gain now is 42 pounds.  That's not too bad I guess.  I was 1 and a half centimeters dilated (woop-dee-doo, 1/2 a centimeter more than last time), but I was about 50% effaced this time (0% last time), so I guess there is SOME progress.  The exam really hurt this time though and I bled quite a bit afterwards.  I don't know if the doctor was just in a hurry or if I was more sensitive than usual, but it wasn't fun.

Now, brace yourselves, because I'm about to vent here.  I am SO tired of everyone telling me "First time mothers usually go late, so..."  I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT!!!    Even if it may be true, no pregnant woman wants to hear that she has to be miserable for several more weeks.  Just keep it to yourself!  I'm not stupid.  I know that the baby will come when he's good and ready.  It seems like every women who's ever had a baby in her life (even if it was 30 years ago)  - thinks she knows everything there is to know about birth and feels the need to share all the details with me.  If I ask you to share with me, that's one thing - otherwise keep it brief.  I'll smile  and nod and then we can move on.

I know that I sound bitter right now, but surprisingly I'm in a decent mood today.  I'm just tired...tired of not being able to sleep, sit, or walk comfortably, tired of heartburn, tired of swollen hands and feet, tired of waiting for our little one to show up.  Of course I have my "concerns" about labor and delivery, but at this point those concerns don't come close to my overall discomfort.  I AM READY!!!  Do you hear that, little Jonah?    Momma is ready for you to evacuate the premises and join us in the "real world."  Tomorrow night is my Breastfeeding Class and Jared has a Daddy Class on Saturday.  So, anytime after that - we'll be as prepared as we're ever gonna be.

Just a short entry today...my next prenatal appointment is this afternoon at 4:00.  I'm trying to go in with no expectations because I was really disappointed last time that there was no change.

16 days left until my due date now.  I can't believe how close it is!  I know that our little one must be coming soon, because he has absolutely no extra room left in there now.  Every movement he makes is on the verge of painful for me...especially when he moves his feet around.

Sidebar  - I think I started losing my mucous plug last week.  I won't go into all the specifics, but I had a lot of mucousy discharge on Friday...none since, though, so who knows?

Well, that's all for now.  Maybe I'll have more to share tomorrow.

I am now 37 weeks along and the baby is considered full term.  That means, he could arrive any day now!  Of course, there's not really anything happening to make me think that that's the case.  I've been having LOTS of Braxton-Hicks contractions, but I don't think I've had any "real" ones yet.

The Braxton-Hicks that I've been having are stronger than before, but they're still not painful - just uncomfortable.  I was having a bunch of them last night, so I started timing them just for fun.  I didn't pay attention to how long each one lasted, but they were coming about 6 minutes apart.  I briefly wondered if they could be the beginnings of the real thing. They only lasted for about an hour and a half, though.  By the time I went to bed, they had stopped.

What's kind of funny (but not really) is that I have been saying over and over how ready I am for the baby to come...but last night when faced with the thought that it might be soon, I panicked.    I realized that I'm NOT ready - not emotionally at least! 

When you really think about it though...how can you ever be ready for something that you've never experienced and have no idea what to expect?  Man, I love being a woman!!!