39 weeks 3 days

These photos are from 38 weeks. I am now even bigger than this, if you can believe it.

How are you feeling:  Once I hit 38 weeks, I think I got a little over-excited with the thought that the baby could come ANY DAY NOW and every little twinge and tremor (and there are lots of twinges and tremors with pregnancy) would get me all worked up like IS THIS IT? THIS COULD BE IT! Then I would be like, "Oh, it isn't it."

To make matters a bit worse, everyone around me is doing the same thing. Twice neighbors have seen Mahesh and I leaving the house together, and asked us, very excitedly, IS THIS IT? We have to tell them, no, it isn't it, we are just going grocery shopping.This buildup and letdown x 1000 is wearing on me a bit.

But health-wise I am still feeling very well, they re-tested my iron levels at the midwife and I am pleased to report that my Ferritin is going up! Still below the healthy level but at least it's going in the right direction. We are seeing the midwives once a week now so the baby is checked very often, it is always nice to hear his heartbeat and be reassured everything is OK.



Are you nesting yet? Up until today, I didn't think I was "nesting," but I have been taking care of stuff. Way back in July I took care of all the baby stuff I felt was necessary, buying things we still needed like the changing table, making sure we had enough basic supplies to get started, organizing the baby's library, etc. In August so far Mahesh and I have been taking care of tons of outstanding house/life stuff that has needed doing for a long time.

But today I had a huge burst of energy, usually I only do like one small-medium task a day, and spend the rest of the day lying on the couch. Today I did like 5 tasks and spent no time lying on the couch! I was busy all day long. I am hoping that maybe this burst of energy is "nesting" and that maybe we can finally meet this little person soon!

Do you have a name for the baby yet?  We have a list of names we are taking into the hospital, we want to see the baby before we give him a name. It feels like a big task but my mom says no matter what name you give someone, they grow into their names, so that is some consolation.

I have a great name for you -- my name! (I have had two random people I just met suggest this to me) No, perfect stranger, I will not name my baby after you. And Shae does not work well as a name for both a girl or a boy.

Are you ready to have this baby or what? The last few weeks whenever anyone asked me this, I always said I was fine with him cooking in there as long as he needed to. But now, with most of our outstanding stuff done that we need to get done, I can finally say that yes, I am ready to have this baby.