Stick a fork in me...

I'm done!

Well I feel done, but apparently little miss intends to cook just a bit longer.

I've always heard that the last few weeks of pregnancy are the hardest. Early on, when hearing this, I would think back to the 3.5 months where I was so sick and nauseous 24/7. Surely it couldn't be harder than that -- I was a walking, starving, sick zombie lol.

Oh I was wrong.

It's hard.

{Let's allow a tired preggo to complain for a minute, shall we?}

It all kind of hit at once. All the sudden it was harder to walk at a fast pace. Harder to bend over. Harder to roll over in bed. I get winded just rolling over and getting comfortable. Walk too fast and it feels like someone is sending electric shocks to my lady parts and whoa. That hurts.

Then your feet start to swell. At first it's just minimal. Comes and goes. Then it just becomes a constant. My feet have turned into little Michelin Man feet. Which doesn't make it comfortable to walk. I've resorted to flip flops only - at work too! Once I showed my boss my feet he told me I could do whatever I wanted lol. Now they just stay in this puffy swollen state. Totally gross.

By the way, your hands do the same thing. My slender little fingers are like puffy sausages now. I couldn't get any rings on them today. Boo.

Let's not forget aches and pains. My lower back feels like I've moved my entire 2,000 sf house by myself. And cramps? Yeow. Those annoying, uncomfortable cramps you get before you start your period? Yea well they exist in the pregnancy world too. Apparently that's your cervix opening and softening. That's about the only thing that makes it exciting lol. Knowing that the end is near and this sweet little buggar will be out soon.

Hopefully soon. She's running out of room and let's me know daily how much of an inconvenience it is. I'll get these large bulges of baby butt sticking out of my stomach and repetitive kicks as if she thinks she can stretch out my womb. Sorry little one, I think that's just about as big as mama's belly is going to get.

Oh and I'm learning about contractions...or what I perceive to be contractions. I've had a few here and there, but last night I got a full dose. {Or at least I think so}. It started out just crampy and then evolved into these peaks and valleys of intense cramps. The first few were about 5 minutes apart then they got a little further apart and lasted about an hour. Then they stopped and I was just crampy. It wasn't unbearable, just really uncomfortable. I think they kind of pissed her off too, because she was moving like crazy which only made it worse. I hadn't experienced anything like them before. They would start in my lower back wrapping around to my lower abdomen and back to my back before going away. Interesting I tell you.

Obviously nothing came of them because I'm at work today. Although uncomfortable as I might be, I am trying to enjoy these last few weeks of her in my belly. I think the anxiety and excitement of her being here has set in, though, and it's all I can think about to hold her, kiss her, and marvel at this little girl. I'm so ready to see her and for her to be here and OK fine, I admit it, to kinda not be pregnant anymore. As I said though, I don't think it's not to actually be pregnant anymore because really, outside of nausea this pregnancy has been a breeze and I'm totally thankful for that, but more that I want to see my daughter.

So here I sit with something like 17 days to go...dreaming of my little girl and when she might make her appearance. I know we're on her time schedule, but a little wishing and silent coaxing can't hurt, right? You can come whenever you like little girl. Mommy and Daddy are ready when you are :)