37+5 update!

Wow!  I'm almost 38 weeks!  I cannot believe I'm considered full term right now.  Baby boy could come anytime.  It still does not feel real - at all.  I know we have baby stuff in the house.  I can feel him move all the time.  But when it comes to realizing that there will be a baby in the house... it still seems surreal.

How far along: 37 weeks, 5 days!

Total weight gain: Right around 30lbs.

Maternity clothes?  Yep.  I have a few favorite items that I just wear over and over.  I have one non-maternity, super big pair of sweats that I live in at home.  They are the kind of pants you can't leave the house in, but they are the only pair that work with my belly.

Sleep: Well... I do get some, when I'm not running back and forth to the bathroom.  It's becoming more and more difficult to get comfortable.  I LOVE being pregnant and would not trade it for anything, but I do admit I am looking forward to sleeping on my stomach again.  The advantage to sleeping on my side - baby moves a lot when I lay down.  Flipping over in the middle of the night is very interesting and takes a lot of effort.  Baby boy always starts moving after that.  Hehe.  I do love that.   I'm still crazy addicted to body pillow and my pregnancy wedge.  Cannot sleep without those things.  

Cravings:  HAMBURGERS!  All I want is some good beef.  I do not like beef!  At all!  I usually have a hamburger once, maybe twice, a year.  Doug is loving this side of me because I never cook beef.  But now, it's all I want.  Still don't have it all that often, but waaaaaay more often than normal.

Best moment this week:  Watching my belly move up and down.  It is amazing how it feels now.  It was just flips and kicks before and now my whole shirt will move up and down.  LOVE IT!!

Movement:  TONS!  Sometimes it almost feels like he is trying to get out!

Labor signs:  I don't think so.  My stomach gets really tight sometimes - maybe that is a braxton hicks contraction??  Who knows.  I was checked by my OB last week and I was a whooping 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced.  It really doesn't mean much except my body is getting ready for labor.  That is good to know.  After not trusting my body for so long, it's nice to know it is working!

Belly Button in or out?  In.

Weekly wisdom: From my favorite gal Hebrews, "Just an fyi for you: dogs eat baby socks."  This is something we are already painfully aware of.  Daisy has taken socks off TWO babies before.  TWO!  Went up and pulled those little socks off the baby and ran.  Could not have cared less about the baby... but the socks she wanted!  We are in trouble!

Milestones:  I was officially considered 'full term' this past Sunday.  ;)

Uncomfortable Moments:  Getting up.  Walking.  Sitting.  Not all the time, but there are times when I get up and make groaning noises.  Yep, I have an official 'getting up' noise.  I think it helps me get up.  Hehe.

Favorite Moments:  Sitting in the nursery this week when I had finally put all the stuff away.  I teared up and just took it all in.  I never thought that our spare room would have a crib in it.  It was such a calming moment.  Loved it.

Funny moment of the week:  Daisy is a very routine puppy.  She knows that when I grab some treats and say, "Let's go take a picture!" that it is belly picture time.  She runs over and sits in front of the sign now.  Hehe.  I've trained her well.

"Is is picture time mama?"

She loves the treats.  I love my belly.