Seriously?

So I'm finding that church is so the worst place to be right now in my so-close-to-the-end state. On Sundays I find that people say the stupidest things. I don't know if they just decide to turn their filters off for the weekend or what, but here's a sampling of some of the comments I received yesterday.

"3 more weeks?! You look like you're gonna pop now. Sure they don't have your due date wrong"
"Are they sure there aren't twins in there? Your stomach is so big it could be holding twins"
"I bet you have a 10 pounder in there"

And my personal favorite....
"I've never seen a pregnant woman as huge as you." (yes...this one is a direct quote)

Seriously? I am NOT that big. I realize I have gained more weight than I should have, and that yes, I am big...but I am by no means the largest pregnant woman I've ever seen. Not even close.

Do people think these comments are cute? Oh please oh please let me go into labor before another Sunday comes.

By Myself, Cankles and NO she didn't!

I am all by myself tonight. The husband is on an overnight golf trip - but don't worry...he's only 90 minutes away should I need him. My parents are actually out of town in Florida too...so should baby Grayson decide he wants to come out tonight, my sister is "on-call" to be my hospital ride. The chances of this happening are slim to none...but one can never be too prepared. And I am a planner.

Also, an update from my world of fluid retention. It is official...I have cankles. My feet and ankles are so swollen that I now no longer have ankles. It's hideous. In the past my legs have been the only part of my body that I was pretty ok with. But gone are those days. Who knew I'd miss my ankles?

Lastly...this is the "no she didn't!" portion of the post. Today I, along with some others, was given a "praise" from an acquaintance. Some of us were sharing prayer requests, and when it was this persons turn she mentioned that she had a praise...an answer to prayer. You see...last week she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant and wasn't so happy about it. So she goes on to say she began bleeding a few days later and was so thankful for the miscarriage because she just so didn't want to be pregnant right now. Um...hello!! Woman who's had 3 miscarriages she mourns deeply standing right next to you! I didn't even know how to react to that one. It blew me away and I just had to change the subject to keep myself from saying something I'd regret. Seriously...who says that?! I mean...even if you think it - wouldn't your filter keep you from saying it?

1+

At my check-up yesterday, after being violated with a cotton swab for my strep b test, I discovered that I'm over a centimeter dilated. This thrills me to no end....forward motion, getting closer all the time to meeting the little man. Only 8 1/2 more cm to go now. I am now to the phase of weekly doc visits - so I'm back again next Friday at 1:10 p.m. Cross your fingers for more opening up action down there. The more of this I can get out of the way prior to actual labor, the better. And...I REALLY want to meet Grayson before the end of May even though offical due date isn't until June 10th. I just like the May b'day so much better for some reason.

That's all the hooha news for now. More to come in a week. :-)

Trying Something New

So as I sit here typing this, I have my feet snuggly wrapped up in ace bandages. Why, you may ask? No....I did not trip and fall and twist anything. Although, with my clutz of a self, that would be a likely guess.

My chiropractor friend Dr. M. tells me that this may help prevent my feet from spreading permanently. When pregnant feet relax, the ligaments spread. If I keep them constricted a bit, it should prevent this from happening.

I LOVE shoes. I love MY shoes. I have a lot of them and have invested significant time and money in them. The thought of not squeezing back into them after this pregnancy makes me want to cry. Superficial? Totally. But I have some great shoes. Irreplaceable shoes. They make me happy. Shoe departments are my happy place.

For now, I am content in my flip flops as the heat has me swollen and unable to wear anything else. But...if these ace bandages can help me squeeze back in my heels in the future, I will be crazy grateful for the advice.

So...we'll see.

Anyone else ever heard of this and if it works?

Dueling Bellies

My dad has a pic like this with both my sisters during their pregnancies. So now it was my turn.



And now that we have a complete trio of dueling belly shots, he promises that he'll lose weight. :-)

I'm just a big softy

Exciting news from my underworld: My cervix is already soft. Woohoo! What does this mean? Well...the doc of course can't make any promises, but it is a decent indicator that I will go early. And at the very least he says that my labor at least won't be as "ardous" because the proper things are already happening nice and early. I guess only less than 5% of those in this stage of pregnancy already have softening of the cervix. Maybe all my wishful thinking for going a couple weeks early is working. Or maybe I'm getting my hopes all up and I'll end up being induced at 41 weeks. Who knows.

So that's all the hoo-ha news for now. More to come in 2 weeks when I get checked again.

The Tour

We got a new toy. Thought I'd use the new toy to show you guys Grayson's nursery: