36 weeks

I may have thrown in the towel a bit early by calling the end of my good health last week. I did injure myself and the groin pain was pretty debilitating, but resting and avoiding excess physical activity seemed to resolve the majority of the pain. I just had a bad week last week.

This week has been more typical and while I still have a fair amount of ligament pain, it's not really affecting my mobility (though I am officially starting to "waddle"). I even got to the gym today, though I'll be taking it a lot easier - just in case. I am committed to remembering that I'm 36-weeks pregnant and need to slow down...

The belly has grown, and people at work are starting to notice that I'm starting to look rather pregnant. At the same time, strangers are still estimating my gestation at 6 months...Officially, the belly measurement is at 33 weeks, as of last week (35 weeks) when I went in for my last OB visit. I also found that I'd gained two pounds, which is one pound each week and the ideal weight gain at this point. It only required me adding protein shakes and ceasing physical activity...We'll see how I stack up at next week's visit.

My belly's feeling bigger, heavier, and tighter, and KJ's movements are spreading out. I'm feeling him at the very top of my torso and have also felt some weird-to-describe movements near my butt. He seems to be everywhere now, probably because he's bigger and can spread across my abdominal cavity. He's in a head down position and should be locked in soon when he drops. This new positioning should actually make it easier for me to breath because he'll be out of my upper torso but will add more weight to my already-struggling groin ligaments and may increase my urge to pee. My urination schedule is a little ridiculous lately, but it may simply be because it's been insanely hot and I can't seem to get enough hydration. My heartburn has flared up lately; I'm getting it in just changing positions in bed, or in bending over to shave my legs. I've had it today from my first early-morning office meeting and have it now. I've also had trouble in sleeping; it's getting harder to get comfortable, changing positions is becoming more painful and my back hurts every morning when I wake up. And I'm just a little more tired in general.

KJ still doesn't have a name. We've got a short list and will likely be assigning one of them to him in the hospital room. I've got my bag packed but didn't get around to the car seat installation or thank you cards...yet. We've got to finish the nursery (decoration), figure out the missing registry gift situation and sign up for a first aid class still. I think that's really all we've got left. I'm even pretty pleased about my progress at work in prepping for my impending leave. Kenny and I have some last minute home projects to finish up these next few weekends, and I feel confident that we can get the biggest stuff done and over with and hopefully not stress to much about the stuff we weren't able to get to...

I have trouble grasping that I'm really only four weeks away from meeting little KJ. My boss kids me that I'm in denial because I haven't really made any contingent plans or even considered the fact that KJ might come even a day early. I've budgeted my time up to August 24th exactly, and I'm still accepting meetings on my office calendar through Labor Day weekend...just in case KJ's late :) I am curious to know when he'll actually decide to arrive, as I'm just so, so eager to meet him and physically hold him. But I realize this is a life-changer and we should enjoy our extra baby-free time and exploit it to it's fullest. For now, we'll just hang out, attack our to-do list over the next four weeks and wait to see what happens!