37 weeks!! FULL TERM!! :)

Well, I am a little behind this week!!! Hopefully next week I can make my post on Monday!!! We are down to (hopefully no more than) 2-3 weekly bumpdate posts! I wrote this post on Tuesday, but never got around to adding it till now! So I'm not gonna make any adjustments.. LOL!

Well this past week has been a crazy one!!! SO much has happened!  Last Monday night I dreamt all night that I was in labor, and I kept getting woken up with some really intense contraction pains.. I figured it was nothing and went back to sleep.. Well, all day Tuesday I had some really strong cramping pains.. Like menstrual cramping.. I called and spoke to the nurse at my doctors office, and she told me initially to go to L&D to get checked out, then changed her mind and told me to come in and see the RN, and she will then decide if I need to go to L&D or what! So me n the hubs headed up to the hospital, and after being checked, we were told Brax is head down, and engaged, I am dilated to a 1, and 60% effased! I was told the cramping I was experiencing was contractions, and I was in “early active labor”. Well that was a shock, and surprise!! LOL! We definitely weren’t expecting that at this point!! So we headed home, did laundry and got mine n Brax’s bags packed and ready to go “just in case”! Well Thursday rolls around, and we made more progress that morning (I will spare the disgusting details.. hahaha). Well after that I had been leaking some fluid all day, so once AGAIN I called the nurse, who told me I for sure needed to go to L&D to be monitored this time.. So off to the hospital we went AGAIN! We were there about 5 hours, and both me n Brax were monitored. I was told I was still dilated to a 1, and 60% effased, however, I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes, that were lasting about 30 seconds. I was also told my urine tested positive for small traces of bacteria, so they put me on antibiotics to treat me for a UTI “just in case”!  So me n the hubs got home that night about 11:30-12, and headed to bed.. POOR hubs had to get up and go to work Friday, but lucky me, I got to sleep in! LOL! I got up and ALL I wanted to do was clean like a mad woman! So that’s exactly what I did! HA! I cleaned EVERY carpet in our house, ran errands, and once Hubs got home we did some yard work, and grocery shopped.. I felt really good about tying up loose ends! Saturday we had our final shower, at our house, hosted my by awesome family!! Safe to say our little boy was spoiled absolutely ROTTEN!!! Everyone sure is excited for our little booboo to be here!! It was a wonderful day spent with so many wonderful people, celebrating the soon to be arrival of our little one! J Today we have our FIRST (and possibly last???) weekly doctor appointment, and I CAN NOT wait! I can’t wait to hear if we have made more progress, and where we stand!! Baby boy is FULL TERM, and we have EVERYTHING complete and ready to go for his arrival! So he is welcome to come any time he would like! 

This week Brax should be weighing in at around 7 pounds, and 21 inches long! More or less! We will see today as we have our final ultrasound!  This week vernix, and lanugo continue to shed from Brax’s skin, and his lungs continue to mature! All systems are almost a go for baby boy!!! We can’t believe we are SO close to meeting our adorable baby boy!!! I swear this pregnancy has gone by SO fast!!! 

 How far along? 37 weeks (2 days)

Due Date: I think we will get a better idea about this today at our appointment!

Total weight gain/loss: ALL GAIN… Can’t WAIT to begin the loss!! LOL!

Maternity clothes: Yep!!! Working in a few things that are non-maternity, but more or less we are all in maternity for the home stretch!

Sleep: Sleep has been better! Besides needing to pee at LEAST every 3 hours.. Haha. I’ve been getting some pretty good contractions through the night as well that wake me up.. But other than that sleeping good! 

Best moment this week: Our AMAZING baby shower Saturday!! J Its safe to say our little boy is spoiled ROTTEN!!! We got every single thing we wanted/needed and then some!! Brax is SO lucky to have such wonderful people in his life!

Movement: Tons and tons of rolls, stretches and pushes!!

Food cravings: Still the same! Anything cold! Water, slurpees, ice cream, popcicles, etc…

Food aversions: Not really anything!! FINALLY! J 

Gender: ALL BOY! J  

Labor Signs: LOL.. Well… At this point YES! We will see if we have progressed any more at our appointment today! This mama’s fingers are crossed! J

Belly Button in or out? It’s a halfie at this point! Ha!

What I miss: Being normal! LOL! Not getting winded from bending over, actually being able to bend over… LOL. 

What I am looking forward to: Our appointment today!

Stretch marks: Unfortunately… 

Wedding ring on/off: ON! For now… Its getting a little tight.. I hope I can keep it on the whole time! As long as my swelling stays in my legs and feet!!!

Milestones: Brax being head down, and engaged! Dilation, thinning, contractions, etc!!! 

And here are just a couple pics from my baby shower!! :) 

CUTEST.CAKE.EVER!!! :)