35 weeks!

And I am down to my very last week of work - last day is Friday!!!!  WOOOHOOO!

So looking forward to being done work and having some time to focus on my family.  I have a month before my due date, but who knows, baby could come early!  I have a feeling I might have a November baby.  But with J, she was born 5 days past my due date, so who knows.  Very excited to move onto the next chapter of my life as a mom of 2!

34 weeks, 2 days

And only a little over a week left of work - I can't wait to be done!!!  I have 2 reports to finish between now and then, so that should be just the right amount of work for me to finish up my time there.

I had another appointment with the midwife this morning.  Everything is going as it should.  Our next appointment is in 2 weeks when we have out home visit where our primary midwife comes to our house to do an appointment there - also serves the purpose of making sure she knows where we live so she can find our house when I go into labour.

I have a nasty cold right now, which isn't pleasant at all.  Starting on Tuesday evening with a scratchy throat.  Then yesterday, it was a full blown sore throat.  Today, it has moved into my nose and I am completely congested.  Not cool.  I sure hope it goes away soon!  I have a busy weekend with small groups tomorrow evening, taking Julie to a birthday party on Saturday, and then I'm in the nursery at church on Sunday.  So, not much time to rest!

33 weeks!

Only 7 weeks to go!  And only 2.5 weeks left of work!!!  I still have 3 reports to write before I leave, so I am pretty much tapped out in terms of work.  I have enough to keep me busy until I go on mat leave, I think.  I might have a couple extra hours here and there, which is good because something always comes up!

I am still feeling pretty good these days.  My back gets sore in the afternoons - I usually work 9 or 10 hour days, so by mid-afternoon, my back has had enough.  I am also finding sleeping getting more and more difficult.  It's sometimes hard to find a comfy position.  I just keep telling myself this is temporary and baby will be here soon!

Update on the lawsuit... looks as though we may be proceeding to a pretrial at this point.  Basically, that would be both sides stating their case in front of a Judge to get his input.  It may help us get closer to a resolution and would avoid the 5 years and $100,000+ in legal costs to go all the way to the end in terms of litigation.  I think we have a better than 50/50 shot in winning, but there are no guarantees.  If for some crazy reason, the Judge sides with my uncle, I would rather know that now.

32 weeks

I am feeling pretty good these days.  I haven't taken any tylenol (for headaches) in the last few weeks.  That's definite progress!  There was a period of a few weeks where I was getting pregnancy headaches almost daily.  Not anymore - yay!  And I have more energy than I did a few weeks ago too.  I am getting more exercise, which helps too.  I'm taking a prenatal aquafit class once a week and have been making an effort to go for walks more often too.  So, overall, I am feeling good these days!

Only 8 weeks to go until due date!

My brother and wife are back from Europe now and brought their laptop to dinner on Sunday, so we got to see about 1,000 pictures of their trip.  They brought me a rock from Pompeii and another from the Colesseum in Rome :)  It was so nice to have 3 days off this weekend to relax and spend time with family.  I'm down to 3.5 weeks left of work now!!!!  CANNOT WAIT!!!!

31.5 weeks

We had our follow-up ultrasound yesterday.  We had to wait 2 hours for a 5 minute appointment - sheesh.  But, we got to see our baby (briefly) again.  He took some measurements and said the baby is measuring in at 4 pounds, 9 ounces.  Yikes!  He asked me how large my first baby was and I said 8 pounds, 11 ounces.  Then I said "why do you ask?  Is this baby looking large?" and all he said was "maybe".  Gee, thanks!  So, we may have another large one on our hands - we'll see!  Or maybe baby will come a little early - only time will tell!

The placenta is no longer an issue, so that's great!  That's why we needed the follow-up ultrasound since the one at 20 weeks showed the placenta low.  Well, it has moved up enough for me to be cleared for a regular birth instead of needing a C-section.  So, I am very relived about that.

Looking forward to a wonderful long weekend spent with family.  I love Thanksgiving!