Leo or Virgo??

Well, here we are coming up on 41 weeks... I was scheduled to work tomorrow and Saturday and sadly, I began FMLA now. I felt really bad for pulling the rip cord because I don't want to leave my unit high and dry but man, the other night when I got off work my ankles were the size of softballs. Ick!  I remember a few weeks back when I would only swell after a long shift... now I'm swollen all the time.

My thigh doesn't really ever end anymore.

I hear the swelling will subside after the big show. I hope so. It's pretty uncomfortable. I'm sure the humidity is not helping one bit. 

I guess at this point the doctors appointments start getting pretty frequent. I was looking at my calendar in my phone and realized I have a doc appointment almost every business day now. Holy crap! One tomorrow, which I'm sure they'll offer to check and see if I've begun to dilate and I'll say NO, then a Fetal Monitoring appointment Monday, another doc appointment Tuesday, then another Monitoring appointment Thursday. Whoa people! Could it just be I was estimated a week off? Then again, what if he doesn't wanna come out? 

Ma! MEATLOAF!

Meh, I'm sure he's right on time, on his own schedule. His movements are a little more painful, feels like he's rearranging furniture and simultaneously practicing really slow Kung Fu... like Tai Chi maybe.

Take that momma!

I almost wonder if those "hiccups" I'm feeling are really him laughing diabolically... I guess I shouldn't put it past him... he is, after all, my child. 

muahahahahahahahahahaha! 

Of course as time goes on there are a myriad of "home remedies" that can get this party started... I hear pineapple will "ripen" the cervix. It even sounds gross. "Ripening the Cervix"? I guess it just paints an awful picture in my mind. There's always doin' it too. I keep getting that advice, and so does he. It's hard when you just feel like a farm animal. 

Can we turn the lights off please?

Maybe its a blessing in disguise. We're still working on the next house and THEN there's getting this current house ready to either rent or sell, or whatever. -I need to stop thinking steps in advance, because it is really just too much to bite off all at once. 

Well... it's time to hose myself down just incase the big show happens tonight... I need to at least freshen myself up. (sigh)