We Are Officially Full Term!

37 week update

Today we had our 37 week appointment. The baby's heart rate was in the 130's and sounded great. I told Sherry that I thought the baby had dropped. I have started getting that wonderful nerve pain shooting down the front/mid part of my thighs, that happened when I was pregnant with Tyler, after he dropped. Sherry said it looked like I had more 'room' up top, and sure enough, the baby's head is down, and has definitely dropped! She seems to think I'm going to go early, but then again, she thought that with Tyler, too (and we were 3 days late)! So I am not going to hold my breath... but it would be nice to go, maybe, 1 week early! ;) I couldn't remember when I dropped with Tyler, so I had to look it up... and it wasn't until 39 weeks - so maybe...!

Despite the new nerve pain, I am still feeling pretty good. My contractions seem to have changed the last couple of days. I have a lot more pressure down low, and I am starting to cramp in my lower back. So if that means I'm going to have back labor again, I'm NOT very excited!!!

I measured my self a couple of days ago, and I am 2" bigger around, than I was when I delivered Tyler! At this point, I have officially gained 2 more lbs than I did before - and I have 3 more weeks - so I don't think that is too bad!! Especially considering that with Tyler I craved steak and fruit, and with this baby I could eat cake and doughnuts for every meal... lol (If Nate would only let me ;)

We are finally getting some things done around the house. Nothing like waiting til the last minute!! The baby's room has been painted - but we are still doing the 'finishing touches'. The crib is almost put together, and the dresser was delivered today! We still need to go look at curtain rods and I have to start painting the circles on the walls. Hopefully I can get to that later this week!

We are having our maternity pictures taken tomorrow, and Nate brought up last night that we should probably get the bag for the hospital packed... hmmmm... yeah, he is probably right!!