38 WEEKS

October 7, 2015

Weeks pregnant: 38
Weight gained: 38 pounds. I weigh 150.

Gender: Boy.
Maternity clothes: Yes. I took all of my regular winter clothes out of the shed and tried on one of my sweaters. It definitely would not fit over my belly.

Sleep: Sleep is ok until a braxton hicks contraction hits. The past few nights I've been waking up screaming (cause I was screaming at someone in my dream). Maybe the pain from the contraction is causing me to have bad dreams and then waking me up. My back pain at night is also pretty intense right now. I had a nightmare about going into labor last night. I dreamed that I was in labor but then my labor stopped and they were forcing me into a csection and I was screaming and crying. It was not a fun dream.

Best moment in the past two weeks: I think enjoying the nice cooler weather with the kids has been pretty wonderful. The heat was really getting to me and now that it's cooled off some, we've been able to be outside a lot more. The air feels so fresh and clean and we are just loving spending time out in it.

Worst moment in the past month: About two weeks ago I had a physical issue arise due to the pregnancy and it was very painful and difficult to deal with. It's still not totally resolved but the pain has subsided some.

Miss anything: I think I'm really missing being able to sit, stand, run, walk, breathe normally right now. My belly is so big and I get dizzy pretty easy so I'm ready to get myself back to "normal" (whatever that may be lol) so that I can run around with the kids again and have more energy for my husband.

Movement: Yes! We have seen his hands and feet pushing out so hard on my belly. It's pretty awesome.

Cravings: No cravings. I just get fuller faster since my belly is so big.

Queasy or sick: No. But I've been gaining weight kind of swiftly the past few weeks so I guess I'm eating too much!

Looking forward to: Yay we're finally going apple picking tomorrow. We couldn't go Saturday because it was raining. This is one of my favorite things to do each year so I'm really really excited about it. Maybe the hills will bring little man out a few days early :)

And other news...

I had my 38 week appointment with my midwife on Monday. I found out she's on vacation from tomorrow until the 26th! Which means she will not be there for Jude's birth. I was devastated. She felt so bad though and said she had thought she had planned her vacation during a time when she wouldn't miss a lot of births and then realized she would be missing mine. She gave me her cell phone number though and told me to let her know when I go into labor. That helped me feel better but I had hoped so bad she would be the one to deliver Jude. She's amazing. She hugged me for like 5 minutes before I left and was just encouraging me. She's become like a friend to me and I'm so thankful to have found a midwife center that is so wonderful.

I also realized tonight that I still haven't written up my birth plan that was supposed to be turned in last week Oops! I better get on that soon. And I still haven't packed my hospital bag. So I'm planning on working on both of those things this weekend. I'm so busy the next few days I'm not sure if I can get to them before Friday afternoon. If little man decides to come before then, I will be rushing around the house packing I guess. I plan on doing a post on "what's in my hospital bag" soon as well.

I'm almost done with my freezer cooking meals. All the dinners are done and two of the items on my breakfasts list are done. I have a few batches of muffins to make and some banana bread. I'll be writing up a post on that as well pretty soon.

We spent my 38th week day doing school and having some fun at the park. Here are some of my favorite images of the day.