36 Weeks

4 weeks left.  We have officially passed the one month mark - the countdown is now sitting at 28 DAYS left to go!  (give or take - of course).  Truth be told, I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for the last week of October - just in case.  So really... Ben and I are prepping ourselves to go anytime after October 25th.... I'm okay if Lump stays inside for a little while longer, but the more I talk to people, the more people tell me that their little one made their appearance before week 39, so although it's not likely we still want to cover our bases.  Stats say only 5% of babies are born on their due date - of the remaining 95% - 30% arrive before and 70% arrive after - that being said, there are good chances that we will have our little one after Nov 6th but it would be silly not to be prepared for her to arrive early either.

This week had been going so very well!  Toys R Us finally paid us back (and credited us extra for the hassle... or at least that's what I'm assuming - perhaps they have no idea what they are doing and are not aware they gave us more - either way, I'm not saying anything, I had to fight for the money they over charged me, so they can do the leg work and contact me if they want the extra credit back!) it only took them 48 days!

Then I managed to snag myself an amazing deal on baby clothes, and got 3 large boxes FULL of 0-9 month clothing for $60!  Lump is going to be one very styling little girl in the next few months!  All in all, I can say I'm set for clothing now!  ... well at least for 6 months (who knows how big our little one will be!)  It's hard to shop for someone when you don't know their size!  Don't even get me started on shoes...



I also discovered this amazing little gem at my grocery store...

How it took me 9 months to even know such a sign existed I'll never know!  But since then I've been keeping my eyes open for more, and so far there are many "Mother with Child" parking spots, but I have yet to see another Expectant mom parking space!  Oh well, I'll take it when I can get it! 

Also, my Ergo arrived!  Of course since I'm already "baby wearing" I couldn't exactly strap it onto myself, but I got Ben to try it out, and immediately he requested that we try it out on our own little baby:

The comments on this photo were peppered with "did he claw your eyes out?" and the like, but truth be told, we have the most mellow cat in the world!  He wasn't sure about what we were doing at first, but once he was secured, he was totally fine, and just looked around.  He didn't squirm, and he didn't cry!  Ben and I have a theory that he thinks that all the baby stuff is for him.  In the basement he sleeps in Lump's stroller/car seat while we watch TV, in the living room, he curls up in the craddle, and in the Nursery, he sleeps in the changing pad.  So of course I had to do one better and swaddle him too...

Totally Content.  I wrapped him up, brought him upstairs and handed him to Ben, who carried him around for a minute, and then propped him up on the arm rest and turned on more lights in the room so he could take a picture with his phone.  Emmy just totally chilled the whole time.  I hope he is this calm about having a small baby in the house from here on out! 


This weekend was wonderful filled with great food and amazing people!  Friday night, Ben and I went for a walk in the beautiful autumn evening, and then attempted to watch a movie, but woke up at 10:45pm when the credits rolled and the lion roared.  Then woke up again at 1:30am when I finally requested we make our way to our bed! 

Saturday we celebrated the union of two wonderful people at Fort Edmonton, and had a wonderful Turkey dinner at the reception!  Then on Sunday we took part in the second annual Pie Day!  Erik Athena, Ben and I (this year missing Ashton) got together, and Athena and I made pie the whole day, while Erik and Ben played video games on 2 big screen TV's in the living room.  Then we enjoyed a Pizza dinner and a couple board games together with a slice of pie at the end!  It's a fun chill day for the boys, and a fun labour intensive day for the girls!  9 pies were made - 3 baked, and 1 consumed! 

On Monday I woke up feeling like I had been beaten with a rolling pin, but I have a freezer full of pie and another set of great memories with my good friends!  And I got my barefoot, pregnant, in the kitchen, making pie photo too! 

After a bit of breakfast and some recoup, Ben and I headed to Graham and Ashton's with Pie and Turkey in hand for a Friend's Giving Dinner/Day together!  Graham and Ashton just got them selves a smoker, and we had a turkey looking to be smoked, so we decided it was a match made in heaven!  We wore sweats, we hung out and watched movies, and played games, and all in all had the most perfect relaxed Thanksgiving Day together! 

Everything was wonderful until about 7pm when I suddenly started feeling like I was coming down with a cold - by the time we got home around 10pm I was very stuffed up, and my throat was quite scratchy.  By 2am I was completely down with the sickness topped off with Fever and cold sweats! 


 I suppose it was bound to happen - here's a little known fact about pregnancy:  when you get pregnant your body suppresses your immune system so that it doesn't' accidentally try to fight off the baby as an infection or virus - which means, the preggo's of the world spend 40 weeks with next to no immune system treading very carefully to not get into "infectious" situations where they could potentially catch something. 

Now because of that fact not only did I get sick - somewhere (still no idea as to where I picked this up), but I also don't have much of an internal army to fight this off either - AND with rows and rows of cold meds and pills, there is next to nothing that I can take while pregnant either!  So I'm in bed, with the humidifier on, sipping tea, and blowing my nose every 2 minutes.  That's really all I can do.  The annoying thing is that it's really hard to flush fluids when I have the preggo bladder of a cat - I can't even tell you how many times I visited the bathroom today, but it wasn't less then 20 that's for certain!  

Anyway, I'm whining now - I tend to get like that when I'm sick.  It's usually best for everyone involved if I stay healthy, I dwell on the "poor me" otherwise.  I greatly dislike being ill.  Okay, that's a stupid remark, of course I dislike being sick!  Who likes it?  What I mean is that I don't take it gracefully!  Oh well, at least I have the time to be sick these days! 

Anyway, that catches us up - here's the belly and the recap:  (and yes there is no face in this picture - I took it today, and I wanted to spare you the un-showered, messy pony tail and red nose shot)

 

How far along? 36 Weeks

Total weight gain: 30 Pounds  - up another 2.5… but this could have been all the water I drank between midnight and 10am too)
Inches gained in the waist: 11.5” (47” waist now!) Same

Maternity clothes? Yes!!

Stretch marks?  Same as last week – they are there, and I’m hoping they go quickly once Lump makes her arrival! 

Sleep:  What’s that?  

Best moment this week: This weekend – up to about 7pm Monday night, it was a great friend filled time!

Miss Anything?   At this point, breathing through my nose!
Movement:  Still practicing her gymnastics in there!

Food cravings:  Nothing really these days.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope

Gender: GIRL!     

Labor Signs: Still just BH contractions now and then

Symptoms:   more of the same

Belly Button in or out? Still in!
Wedding rings on or off? Off, but still easily wearing my school ring. 

Happy or Moody most of the time:  Very Happy!

Looking forward to:   My little one’s arrival!