Well, there's the prego picture of me. I haven't taken many of those this time around. I have 36 days till my due date. And yes, it's time to count down. Just this last week, I've entered the stage where my body is completely protesting this baby. My days of comfort are long forgotten. I'm just glad that Michael is in chiropractic school. He's learned an adjustment that works pretty well on a large pregnant woman which makes me happy. Mostly I'm looking forward to the adjustments I'll be receiving after giving birth. Then my body will actually be able to heal and we can really correct the problems I've got in my spine and sacrum. Heartburn has become my constant companion again. I have a bottle of Tums in my purse that now accompanies me everywhere. I'm lucky to not have to deal with much swelling, though I think the rings should come off my fingers pretty soon. My contractions are as constant as with every other pregnancy, but this time I don't know how I'm going to know I'm in labor until it's REALLY painful since the contractions are already hurting. We've also got to figure out how I'm going to contact Michael if I go into labor when he's in class. Since we said goodbye to our cell phones, we might have to get some walkie talkies...j/k. We still haven't really settled on a name yet for this little boy. Michael keeps changing his mind. Baby likes to move around a lot at night. He sticks out body parts and sometimes my belly looks so lopsided! I'm really looking forward to having a new little baby to cuddle and kiss. I just hope that it's a quick recovery and I can figure out how to go on outings with three little ones...it's gonna be an adventure, for sure. Tomorrow I have another doctor appointment and I have an ultrasound scheduled for the 5th of October. The ultrasound is because at my last doc appointment (Sept. 6th), my doc was concerned that I was measuring smaller than he thought I should. However, I'm not worried about it. I feel like I'm the same as with any other pregnancy. I am tempted to think that the doctor is just looking for another way to make some more money. But, whatever, I am not that impressed with my doctor. He just tends to cause me worry...which just makes things worse. So, I'll just plug along anticipating meeting my little fella face to face. We've still got a ways to go, but I finally feel like it's getting close!
