November 28 - no baby yet

I can't take this any longer. Oh, well, I think I have to. No baby yet. I am dying to see him, to get to touch and hold him, to get rid of this huge belly.... But it seems that life has its own ways.

November 23 - baby still inside

39 weeks tomorrow. My dear beautiful baby is still inside me. I have the hugest belly in the whole world. I swear - this is just unbelievable. I have been asked twice in the last two days if I am carrying twins. No, it's only one baby. I am not sure if they believe me or not. But I understand. My belly is huge. And it's heavy. Quite heavy. I wake up with a lot of energy and feeling fine. But I do get tired quickly, as I have said before, and after 4:00 pm everything starts hurting. My back, my legs, my lower abdomen, etc., etc. EVERYTHING. These weird pains that wrap the middle part of my body...

Nevertheless, I had a great Sunday. D drove me to a Christmas tree farm about 45 min outside of Austin. I wanted to have my tree ready, I wanted a natural tree, and I wanted it today. So there we went. It was quite fun! We walked among the trees, we chose our tree, D cut the tree himself and now it's here in our living room - with lights, and ornaments, and everything else. All this in one day. Of course, I overdid it, and now I am paying the price... Can't move and I will be going to bed in 30 minutes. Everything is fine if I stay sitting here in this sofa with the 100 pillows supporting my back and my behind... but just wait until I have to stand up. It is just an excruciating pain as my legs and lower back realize that they have to hold me and walk me to the bathroom. It's a little bit scary. If it hurts like this now how much is labor going to hurt?

Due date is Dec 1st. We never thought I was going to make it this far. Not my doctor, not my mother, not me. But here I am. Still pregnant.

Nov 19 - still pregnant

And it seems that the baby does not want to come out. He has not dropped, I am not dilated, not effaced... Nothing, nada de nada. He's in no rush whatsoever.... Sometimes it feels like everything was just a dream and that it's not true and that nothing will ever happen.

I feel fine. Back, and legs, and buttocks ache, though, but I guess I am fine.

It's getting closer

Yes, it is. 37 weeks this week. Very likely we will have a baby within the next two weeks. I am so excited but so tired, so unbelievable tired and achy and uncomfortable but other than that I am fine. No swollen ankles or hands, blood pressure is fine, I can sleep through the night although I go to the bathroom 3 or 4 times every night. Everyone says that I look great but that my belly is "impressive" which means huge. Yes, it is huge and that makes everything in my lower body hurt. But I am so excited...

I want my baby to be here with me!