How far along? 36 weeks.
Total weight gain/loss: About +29 lbs.
Maternity clothes? Oui oui. These sweatpants are becoming a part of me. As is the couch.
Stretch marks? I’m tired of thinking about them. Not this week.
Sleep: I have good nights and bad. Last night was bad.
Best moment this week: My shower! So fun – I love my friends. And getting all the essentials for the munchkin.
Movement: Still practicing ninja rolls.
Food cravings: A magic coke from McDonalds!
Gender: Still no idea.
Labor Signs: Contractions are changing slightly, getting more crampy…but not every contraction is like that. This is a long and weird process.
Belly Button in or out? It’s just gross.
What I miss: Being able to be on my feet without feeling like I’m about to drop a bowling ball between my legs.
What I am looking forward to: My appointment Friday…and just making it another week!
Weekly Wisdom: It’s never to early to be 100% prepared.
Milestones: The baby’s room is nearly 100% complete!

Ha – not really. I did have my baby shower yesterday…my second one…and last one before baby arrives. It was so nice to get cleaned up, put in contacts, wear jeans and makeup and get out of the house! It was super fun, and so nice to see my girls. I feel like a friendless shut-in anymore, so talking to my friends face to face was awesome. I got lots of beautiful gifts and I’m feeling more prepared for a baby now than ever.

The hubs and his mom went to Babies R Us after the shower to buy the essential things we still hadn’t received…and boy was it spendy. Of course, the car seat I wanted wasn’t available at the store they went to, and the other store in the metro was out as well, so I ordered it via their website. It’s supposed to be here any time between Thursday and next Monday. I’m hoping it gets here before the baby does! We’re ready in nearly every other aspect!!

The nursery is SO CLOSE to being ready to show off. I have a little bit more cleaning up to do, but I got some pictures hung, the mattress is in the crib, as is the now clean bedding…changing pad in place…all that’s really left is the shelves, which were a staining FAIL this weekend. I’ll try to take some pics in the next few days.

I’m putting my money on this happening sometime next week…maybe like a week from Friday. So weird to think we’ll have a baby in our house! Honestly though, I feel so much more ready just knowing we at least have the bare minimum of what we’ll need to get by. At least, I think we do!

And I think we’ve settled on a girls name too. We’ll see about that. The boy name has still stuck. I’m just waiting for the hubs to change his mind on the girl name.

Let me start this post out by saying I woke up to a decent dusting of snow this morning. Mind you – I woke up at 10am and it was still on the ground. Now it’s 10:40 – temp check? 28 degrees. Windchill of 17 degrees. ON OCTOBER 10TH. Granted I am on bedrest and don’t really need to leave the house, but I never did find a coat to fit me. None of the hubs’ fit either. So, I’ll be sporting the unbuttonable coat tomorrow at my shower…hopefully it warms up next week a little more so I’m not totally screwed.

As far as Labor Watch 2009 goes – I’ve had some changes in contractions – I’ve been getting some cramping in my lower abdomen now with the braxton hicks, which makes me think they’re getting a little more serious. Nothing I can’t deal with – they still don’t really hurt…just uncomfy. C’mon little ninja – I just want to make it through this weekend!

I’ve got my hospital bag about 70% packed…just missing a few small, less essential items. And I actually washed baby blankets the other day, and a going home outfit! (Don’t be fooled, there’s still about 7 billion things left on my list of things I wanted to get done before the baby is here. And about 3 weeks less time to do it in!)

Here’s the stats:

Mucus Plug – gone. (Sorry, no photos to post. You’re all bummed, I know it.)
Dilated – 3cm (no change)
Effaced – 80% (thinner than last week)
Bedrest – till the end (which he assumes will be anytime between now and 2 weeks from now)
Measuring – AHEAD! more like 37 weeks.

Midwife John says he thinks my labor signs will go something like they always tell you it won’t go – a big gush of water. He thinks since I’ve been having contrax for so long I can’t rely on them as a sure sign of labor, and that since I’m dilated already, his educated guess is I’ll experience the gigantic gush of my water breaking. (EEEE!)

Obviously it could go the other way too, but he said I’m in the home stretch, pretty much. November isn’t even in the picture anymore. October is a good month to have a baby I guess.

I went to Target after my appointment to get some stuff for the hospital bag…and I’m paying the price now. Well, and from the internal too, I’m sure. My pelvis is on the verge of shattering. Awesomesauce.

So, that’s it for now! My shower is on Sunday, which my great friends are throwing for me, and after that shower, the hubs is planning on heading to Babies R Us to buy any necessities that we don’t have so we can be totally prepared at any point for this munchkin to come! Midwife John says that I’ll more than likely be bringing this baby home right away after I have it, so we need to be prepared!

And don’t forget to wager a guess in the baby pool if you haven’t already…or maybe change your guess if you’ve already made one!