How far along?: 40 weeks and 1 day. Yep, still pregnant people. And don't let that smile fool you. I wish I was holding my baby girl, not my belly!
Movement: Baby girl moves around so much in the early afternoon and evening hours. My belly looks so crazy during those times, with all the moving she does-so distorted. It's like she's trying to work her way out of my belly...but she seems to be quite comfortable in there at the same time...since she hasn't come out yet!!!!!
Total weight gain/loss: Last week I was at 24 pounds and this week I bumped back down to 23 pounds gained total!
Maternity clothes: I should have taken this one off weeks ago, because, hello, this belly is huge and of course my regular clothes and maternity clothes are being pushed to their max. It has been so nice to incorpurate the pieces I get from Le Tote with my wardrobe though; giving me more options and such!
Currently craving: Ice cream, pizza, shrimp tacos and Mexican food in general. I had such a HUGE craving for Mexican food the other night, but I was home alone with Ellie asleep, it was 9pm. Couldn't satisfy that craving. I ended up eating carrots and applesauce, haha! Not even close to Mexican, but I felt good about those choices at that hour of the night at least ; )
Anything make you sick or queasy?: Rinsing out containers that contained food.
Stretch marks: There have been a few more faint ones to appear these last couple weeks. Overall though, they aren't bad.
Sleep: I have been waking up more in the night and some nights I definitely do have insomnia. Up for long periods of time, sometimes 2-3 times for an hour +. It has also been much harder to stay comfortable. Leg cramps get me every so often, too.
Feeling: SOOOOO ready for Paige to come! Ellie came right on the first and earliest due date I was given, so that makes me half expect Paige to come any moment now and not super late. I'm getting more impatient as the day(s) goes on.
Symptoms wise: I have been having a ton of cramping, pretty much lasting off and on all day. I have a few Braxton hicks contractions most days. On May 26th I had one for real contraction. And early this morning (June 2nd) I thought my water may have broke, but I wasn't sure. So I called my doctors office as soon as they opened, explained to nurse what happened and she instructed me to go to labor and delivery at hospital so they could test and determine for sure if it had or not. Unfortunately it was a false alarm and I'm back home. It was kind of crazy driving away from the house and thinking that we could be returning with a baby.
Working on/thinking about: Yesterday, at my 40 week appointment, my doctor offered to sweep my membranes, which can help encourage labor along. I agreed to that! And I read that it increases the likelihood that labor will start within 48 hours. It has a higher chance of working too if my cervix is already softening and preparing for labour, and my doctor said I'm right there. So, I really do want labor to start any minute!!!!! My doctor also said she doesn't want me to go past 41 weeks and wanted to set up an appointment for induction June 8th, just in case she doesn't come sooner. The induction is scheduled, however I want to avoid that and am doing what I can to help labor along on it's own.
Favorite moment from this week: At my 40 week appointment yesterday, doctor said I was 3cm and 75% effaced. I was really glad I'd had
some progress at least! Because, at my 39 week appointment I was 2-3cm and still only 50% effaced.
