Ready for Aria's arrival

It’s official! I am full term and can have this baby any time now and she will be just fine.  And guess what?!  I feel ready for her!!  Now when I say that, I don’t mean it in an ‘I just can’t take it anymore’ type of way.  I mean I am not thinking about a million things that have to be done before she comes.  I had an intense week of nesting and my house it ready for her arrival! Hooray!!  Her room is not completely done.  I have just a few more decorative pieces to put up, but really that isn’t a super big deal.   Everything is clean and ready, so if she comes a little early, I won’t be stressed.  If she decides to take her time, I will be totally ok with it too though.

At 38 weeks, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but that’s to be expected.  At this point she can measure anywhere from 18.9-20.9 inches and her weight can range from 6.2-9.2 pounds.  Her size is being compared to a pumpkin.  Yikes!  Actually, at my last appointment, my Dr said he expects her to be a bigger baby.  We have known this but hearing it scared me a little.  Because she is obviously at the bigger stage and we are close to the end, I am starting to feel a bit uncomfortable now.  Pelvic pain has started and walking is not very fun because of it.  My feet have also started swelling a lot more.  Good thing fall in Houston is in the 90’s because I can still wear flip flops! And an added bonus is my job is understanding about me having to wear flip flops these last few weeks.  You heard that right… I am still working.  Some days I am grateful that I still can and other days I wish I didn’t have to make the effort to get ready to come in.  I think that’s a pre-pregnancy condition as well though. HA!  I am really lucky to work for a place that is flexible with me and is actually going to allow me to work from home starting Oct 5^th.  I want to try and work until I have the baby just so my leave can be spent entirely with Aria.  We’ll see how that actually plays out though.  You just never know how your body is going to feel and react at certain points.  In addition to the discomfort and feet swelling, I am back to being SUPER emotional.  I cry over everything these days.  It’s so weird.  Christian went away for business… cried.  Dr told me my baby was big… cried.  Dr didn’t check to see if I dilated… cried.  Axel didn’t clean his room and I had to remind him 5 times… cried.  A little ridiculous, I know.  Guess the hormones are going nuts again.

So last week, we had a full Saturday of FUN!  We took a breastfeeding class early in the morning that day.  It was so informative and I feel very prepared now.  I am full on committing to this!  And if it doesn’t work, I am full on committed to pumping!  For now anyway.  The pumping still needs a little more mental prep work.  That was hard last time!  Anyway, after the class, we hung out with my in-laws for a bit and then got ready for Axel’s birthday celebration.  Again, his real birthday is October 13^th, but we decided to celebrate it early so that he could have his own special day without the chance of Aria making an appearance and taking away his glory.  I am SO glad we decided to do that for him.  He had probably the BEST birthday he has ever had.  From the moment he woke up to the minute he fell asleep, he was smiling and laughing and getting showered with awesome gifts.  So have any of you seen the show American Ninja Warrior?  Well, if you haven’t, you should.  If you have, then you may have heard that some of the guys on the show have their own training gyms.  Well, there happens to be one really close to my house that has kid birthday parties.  We got 2 hours of full on obstacle fun and got to meet some of the guys from the show!  It was the coolest. party. EVER!!  All of the kids who went to Axel’s party had a blast.

 

Following such a busy weekend, my wonderful husband planned a few surprises for me. On Thursday, he set me up with a hair appointment.  I was able to get my hair thinned out and add a little boost of confidence for myself.  It was a much needed boost too.  I’ve been getting many comments on my growing belly and sadly some come off as a little bit rude.  For example, I was waiting at the elevator at work last week and a lady came around the corner.  She gasped when she saw my belly, stopped dead in her tracks then takes a step back and says “oh my goodness!  You must be really ready!”  Uhhh…. Really?! Did it scare you?  Ugh!  I mean I don’t mind the belly comments for the most part, but I don’t really understand how people don’t realize that they can be a little mean about it sometimes.  Anyway, after my haircut, Christian surprised me with a pre-natal massage on Friday night.  Oh man!  That 75 minute massage was UH-MAZING!  Next up, on Saturday, I got a pedicure!  My husband went all out!  He noticed I was getting more uncomfortable and wanted to do anything possible to help me out during my last couple weeks…. And he did!  He pulled out all the stops.  Between these things and my clean and ready home, I am all set.

Things coming up… the baby of course!  She can literally come at any moment.  J  I am very excited to share the birth story with you all and introduce this little girl to all our friends and family.