Todays Modern Mother

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Tonight I went to my husband’s company party. It was a nice Americanized luau with fire dancers and everything. It was nice meeting my husbands coworkers and naturally I turned the talk to my upcoming birth as often as possible. Invariably the comment I heard the most was…

“You’re having a baby?!”

They all...

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I went in for my appointment yesterday and it didn’t start out pleasant. First I found out that I’ve gained ANOTHER 5 lbs eek and I’m measuring now 48 centimeters. There was a little good news. Baby is now ROA (right occiput anterior) instead of posterior.

But when my midwife found...

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Well here I am at 36 weeks. I feel disgusting! I look fat and bloated and definately NOT pregnant; I can’t stand for more than an hour before I get major sciatica; and my feet are HUGE! Oh and did I mention that some mornings my boobs look PURPLE?! ...

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Well at my appointment this week Finney was definately head down! Woohoo! He is also definately posterior, but I’m not too worried about that. He is high as well. Very high. That probably explains my measuring 45cms LOL sigh I’m up to a lovely 46lbs gained and not too...

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Well, I didn’t measure at 45cms like I thought I would but I had gained 8lbs ugh. That’s makes a whopping 43 lbs gain this pregnancy which is huge for me as the most I’ve ever gained before is 25.

Bad news though, the reason my belly looked/felt different is because Finney is no longer...

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