38 Weeks!

I am in my 38th week and quickly approaching my 39th. We are in the single digits- 9 more days! This is unbelievable! It is unbelievable that we will have a newborn at the end of next week (give or take some days). We will have two children! How cute! I remember a time when I wasn't sure I would even have 1 child and now Ali gets a brother.

I feel tired.

Is this how you always feel before a new child comes? I'm not sure if I actually am tired or not, but I feel tired because I'm thinking about how tired I'm going to be.

Besides the moments during the day when I feel tired, I feel amazing! I feel like I'm 2 months pregnant.

I had an appointment last Tuesday...the Tuesday after Christmas.... I gained a lot of weight. The nurse even gave me a hand motion to slow down. I gained 3 kilos. You're supposed to gain .5. I enjoyed every one of those Christmas dinners that we went to. On top of the 4 Christmas dinners that we attended my legs and feet had also swollen to 4 times their normal size. So at this last appointment I had lost 1 kilo and my feet have pretty much gone back down to normal so the doctor said everything was ok with my weight/weight gain.

She also check my cervix and said it was very good and she can easy get in there and feel the head. My next appointment is Tuesday morning and we will probably talk about the possibilities of inducing. In an ideal world we would induce after Jimmy's final on the 20th but I'm not sure any of us want to wait that long. I for sure wouldn't mind having him in there longer but I don't want him to get so gargantuan that I can't push him out. We'll have to see what she says.

Ali has become clingy. And when I say clingy I mean she becomes hysterical if I leave her side. I wish I knew what all she understood about what's about to happen. I'm thinking she gets that something big is about to happen because of how she has been acting. I feel bad for her. I wish I could help her know that everything is going to be ok. I know she'll be fine but it's hard watching her feel scared and confused. She is so sweet and I'm excited for her to learn that she's getting a new brother and best friend.