37 Weeks! Full Term

Today I am 37 weeks pregnant - 3 weeks to go (but hoping for 2)!

Whoa belly!

Pregnancy Highlights:

Size of Baby:  He is now over 19 inches long and now weighs about  6 1/3 pounds about the size of a Swiss chard! He's gaining about an ounce a day!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Well, I had my tennis shoes on at my appointment yesterday and it looked like I gained about 4 pounds of so from last week, but I'm guessing it's because of the shoes. LOL I think I've gained about a total of 25 pounds all together so far. I keep forgetting to ask though.

Baby's heartbeat at last visit: Baby's heartbeat is beating like a champ! All my NST's are looking great. I'll be glad to be done with those, I'm saying this for 2 reasons, one my baby will be here and two I don't have to be at the doctor's office twice a week!

Maternity Clothes: Oh yeah, this belly just keeps on growing!

Gender: Boy - Cooper Thomas Hillebrand (I love saying that name)

Movement: Lots and lots of movement. I think his butt was poking at me the other night, it was so hard I would push on it and he would push right back. It's still the most amazing thing I've ever felt. And those darn hiccups, they are too funny and sometimes annoying but I love it. My mom always said "when you have hiccups it means you're growing" so that means my baby is growing!

Sleep: This is another sore subject, sleep and me are just not getting along these nights.

What I miss: I can honestly say sleep this time, I've hit another wall and I feel tired a lot, especially at work. When I'm not up moving around I feel like I could just take a nap. When I get home I have so much on my mind that I want to do I just don't seem to have the energy.

Cravings: Nothing really, but I splurge on a chocolate shake yesterday. I figured one every once in a while wont hurt us right???

Symptoms: My feet! They hurt so bad, I'm going to get a pedicure sometime within the next week. I need a good foot soaking and a foot massage. This is one thing I can't stand and it's driving me crazy. And now that the weather is starting to get warmer its killing me I can't get out and walk, well I can but then I pay the price, my feet will burn and sting and I just want to rip them off. And my fingers are about the same way but not quite as bad. I had to finally give up my wedding ring last week, it was getting way to hard to come off and I would start panicking so for now I'm just Tom's girlfriend. LOL That's what he says!

I'm also getting these weird back spasms or something, not quite sure what it is I guess I should have asked the doc the other day, but it comes and goes, I'm taking they are braxton hicks. They are not painful but they definitely make me catch my breath and hold onto something, but they only last a couple of seconds or so.

Best moment this week: Getting Cooper's room painted and furniture up and everything put away. There are few things left to do, like wall decorations and such but I need to figure what I want. I think I want a couple shelves in the room, something to bring it all together. We also had to pick out all the remaining items for the basement, such as the carpeting, tile, cabinets and a few other things, so that's all coming together. I'm hoping this time next week they are about done!

Looking forward to: Tom and I are getting massages Saturday and I can't wait, I need to be pampered one last time before this baby comes and what better way to do that then a massage. I think the one thing I'm really looking forward to is lying on my belly. Where we are going they have a special table for pregnant women so I'll get to lay face down! I'm also looking forward to getting our house in order before the baby comes, I'm thinking next week will be my last week of work, it's getting harder and way more uncomfortable to come to work and I can take up to 2 weeks prior to my due date so we'll see how I feel next week. This way I can relax at home and still get a few things done if I need to.