Melons...

I was just thinking to myself...this will all be over in about 5 weeks and 2 days. That is NO time at all. Of course, I have enjoyed being pregnant, or at least some of the time I have, but I am really, really, really ready to not be pregnant anymore. I am tired of feeling giant at all times of the day, of not being able to get comfortable ever, and of never knowing how my stomach is going to react to the things I eat. I'm ready to go through a full day without feeling like I let someone down because I couldn't do something because I was too tired, or nauseous, or uncomfortable, or hot, or whatever pregnancy-related issue I was having at the time.

But most of all, I am ready to see this precious little baby that has been growing inside me for 8ish months. I'm ready to hold her and see her little face, to see whose eyes, ears, and nose she has. I'm ready to rock her and put her in her little tiny bed to sleep. I'm ready to use all those little tiny diapers and outfits that have been in my house for too long with no one to wear them. I'm ready to see her litte fingers and toes and what color her hair is. Oh, we are just so close!

I'm feeling relatively good these days. I'm tired all the time and I can never decide what sounds good to eat. My house is a disaster because by the time I get home from work and figure out what to eat, I don't feel like doing anything else. Hopefully, after I quit, I'll be able to keep up with the house a little better. I'm having all these weird aches and pains, nothing so bad that I think there is something wrong, but its just not a normal feeling to have a 5 pound baby in your uterus, ya know?

On to little Ms. JoJo...

She is in her 34th week and going strong. Last time I went to the doctor, her heart beat was 150 and the doc said everything is perfectly on schedule. She said we are about as textbook as we can be. She said in the next few weeks, we need to be watching for blood pressure changes and swelling, but other than that, things should be relatively uneventful.

Here's what Babycenter.com says about her development these days:

"Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies."

I have the rest of this week and one more after that, then I will be done working. My last two-week Doctor's appointment is July 2 (happy birthday, Dad!!!) and then we start one week appointments. We are almost to the finish line...woohoo!