pregnancy 37 weeks!

Here we go! 37 weeks! Which is considered full term. Feels like a huge relief. It also feels a little strange that I’m so close to having my baby. I don’t feel 3 weeks away from my due date. I still feel very mobile and active. All the things people told me, like to get a pair of slip ons because you won’t be able to tie your shoes or that my ankles would be swollen, or that I wouldn’t be able to sleep or eat more than a handful of food, or that I’d be too exhausted to do anything, they aren’t true for me. Sure, I’m waaaay more tired now, and some days I need killer 2 hour naps that completely wipe me out, but I’m still getting lots done. I’m able to swim laps, though very slowly, and shaving my legs is not a problem. It’s harder to pick things up off the ground when I’m sitting in a chair, but when I’m standing up, the ground is still a totally accessible region of my world. I think much of this has to do with this gestational diabetes diet. I just haven’t had any swelling. I haven’t gained much either, so although my belly is pretty huge, the rest of me is actually a bit smaller. So although I hate this diet, and I want some rice, I want some toast, and I want some cereal, I’m happy that I feel as good as I do. I wouldn’t call it a fair trade, but I’m thankful for it none-the-less.

That said, my leg is going to fall right out of the socket. My ligaments in my hips are so stretched out. It hurts A LOT when things go wiggy. It seems to happen most often in the mornings, so Saturday at the dog park, I had to go sit in the car halfway through. Sunday I completely opted out of the dog park. I have to walk pretty slowly a lot of the time and be careful. Some times of the day, like afternoon and evening, it happens less often. But when it happens, it sucks. Not having to sit in a chair all day seems to be helping, and in general, my body feels much better now that I don’t have to sit all day. So I’m thankful to be done with work.

Speaking of work, now that I’m done with my web developer job, I’m trying to get the art juices flowing. It’s hard balancing it with all the rest of the stuff I want/need to get done before the baby arrives. I definitely have less energy and just get less done during the day, but I started a few small drawings last week and hope to get them done by the end of the week. I’m hoping to squeeze in one more Last Thursday before the baby comes, and then, as soon as she and I are ready to hit the town, I want to do a weekly gallery trip. She’s going to grow up in galleries. I know it’s going to be hard to get large projects done so I may take this week to get some smaller paper cut, so I always have something small to work on, when I have the energy.

We’re excited and freaked out that we are about to become parents. You spend so much time in pregnancy mode, it’s really hard to imagine the next phase. I understand that I’m about to become a mother, but I don’t really understand, I don’t think you can. It feels really abstract still. So today I’m going to focus on making diaper covers and diapers.

I went to a sewing studio yesterday with my favorite Meetup group. I haven’t been able to go to very many of them and I’m sad about that. I’m hoping that after Juniper is born, the sewing studio can become my regular baby free afternoon and give Tom some time alone with our little girl. Sounds like a very good plan. I wonder what our lives are going to be like in the next year. Every single thing I do now, I think about how things are going to change in just a few weeks. It’s exciting and scary.


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