Check ups

So i'm far enough along to have a weekly OB appointment. Not that this is that huge of a change since with every pregnancy i've always gone at least every other week.

What a different pregnancy this has been. No cervical changes (with all those contractions!)!. No bedrest (even though i decided i really wouldn't mind some!)! Crazy.

You know what else is crazy? I weighed the exact same amount this week as last. To.the.ounce. Yes. My OB has an electronic scale that tells you your weight TO THE OUNCE. What kind of an OB is that that has a totheouncescale?? I just thought that was weird (the same weight). But i'm working on changing that for next week. What i ate today? I started out good--an egg sandwich and a smoothie. Then for lunch and snacks, i ate double-stuffed Oreos dipped in milk (getting my calcium). And most of a huge frosted cinnamon roll from Great Harvest. For dinner? i have a $1 Totino's pizza in the oven. And maybe i'll grab a Coke from the basement. My appetite? Hasn't been so good. I think i have a gallbladder problem. With Keegen it was kidney stones. Hopefully the gallbladder thing will just, you know, disappear, after i deliver. It can resolve on its own, right? RIGHT?!

More crazy? I'll most likely have a daughter outside of my womb in about three weeks. THREE WEEKS. And even though, as i've said, this has been the longestpregnancyinthehistoryoftheworld, that seems, uh, soon. But am i ready? Oh my gosh yes. I haven't slept, truly, in at least 8 weeks, and honestly believe i will sleep better after she's born. Let's just bring on that whole newborn phase and get to it and through it.

I chose to say three weeks even though i'm not due for another four because it is so very strange for me to not be worried about staying pregnant. To not worry about keeping them in long enough to cook and avoid respiratory issues and other preemie problems. It's my wishful thinking to deliver somewhere around 37 1/2 to no later than 38 1/2 weeks. So i now focus my worry on my 1) gallbladder and 2) that i will now be pregnant past my due date, thus growing an enormous child with an enormous head who likes to have her hand and arm over her face making what gets pushed out first that much bigger and that i will not be able to push her out since i've had no children larger than 5# 13 oz. Go ahead and laugh at me. Fine. My mental state? A little shaky at best.

This was a funnier post when it was in my head. I'm tired. That's how EVERYONE greets me now, too, by the way. "You look TIRED." Sigh. My pizza is calling me (my gallbladder is begging "NO!").

She's way cute, though, huh? Even with her arm across her face...