Status Update

If I were to ever to update my facebook status with something other than, "Hey, I'm having a baby!" or "thanks for all the birthday wishes, random acquaintances!" it might say something like this....

"Just cleaned the bathroom and I feel like I ran 10 miles."

Not that I've ever run 10 miles, but if I ever did I would imagine that it would feel something like this. Pregnancy is fairly good to me, but this little guy is wearing me out! What's the deal with all the contracting and cramping? Apparently this is normal and just gets worse the more kids you have. Fun.

And this dude packs some power in his kicks! I feel like at any given point I can feel some sort of appendage jabbing out of me. And quite often these kicks are painful and quite shocking. I swear I saw his bum the other night. It was a huge mass right below my ribs. I guess I'd be lying if I said that his kicks weren't fun to watch most of the time. It's just those dang sharp ones to my bladder and ribs! The nurse lady was laughing at my appt. 2 weeks ago when she was checking his heart rate because my belly was contorting all over the place. After one huge movement she said, "Whoa, that was like a huge mountain! You've got a wild one!" Then again last week she said, "He is ALL over the place! You've definitely got a mover," to which he then kicked the doppler.

Yep, we've got a wild child. A wild child with no name and no nursery. So we're pretty much on the same track as we were with our other children...way behind. The plan is to move Claire in with Reese this weekend. Wish us luck. Claire is quite attached to her crib and doesn't seem too excited about giving it up to baby brother. I believe her exact words were, "No, I don't want a big girl bed. This is my crib!"

I think that most pregnant women would agree that it's hard to watch your body expand out of your control (I'm not talking about you little basketball under your shirt girls!), so it has made a world of difference to me how nice people have been comment wise this pregnancy. So far I haven't gotten any of my typical looking me up and down and saying "still?!" responses after I tell them how much longer I have. I'm not as swollen as I was with Reese, but I am most definitely not carrying or weighing any different than before. I must just finally be talking to the right people. I've been so sensitive in the past so I've really appreciated it.

Reese's comments aren't always so kind though. I give her a pass though since she's 4. Here's one of my favorites from a few weeks ago...."Mom, Claire and I are still growing, but you and daddy are all done. [Pause] Well, except for your tummy and your bum." Seriously hilarious. Who can get away with that and not hurt feelings other than a 4 year old?! She's also been so cute and helpful that I just want to squeeze her! She prays for me every night that I will feel better and she helps me do things like carry laundry up the stairs and tells me to go take a nap so the baby can grow healthy and strong. She also says things like, "Whoa, your belly is getting really big, but you still look beautiful." Tom's probably been coaching her.

I was reading through the "getting ready for labor" paper my doctor's office gave me and it gave me a little anxiety. One, I can't believe it's so close. Two, I'm definitely a bit nervous about actual labor. But 3, I'm mostly just panicking about how unprepared I feel with having everything ready to go. I just assume that since neither of my girls came early that this baby won't either, but it doesn't mean that it's not possible.

If you have the time (which I assume you do if you've read all my ramblings) I was quite amused with this You Tube clip. It's about a man who has simulated labor pains to see who has a stronger pain tolerance, men or women? Ironically, I found it on facebook through my cousin-in-law. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Really, I just laughed, but it made what's to come seem more real. Here's to hoping for a good epidural!!!