Ready- 35 Weeks

It's 11:00 and I'm still in bed. I've always been such a morning person, but sometimes I get a nice dose of insomnia between 2 am and 5 am for some reason. Last night I made the bad decision of doing some "light reading" to get myself back to sleep.... reading birth stories. I stuck to the ones that involved epidurals this time and rather than feeling the need to hyperventilate, I got really excited and anxious. I know it's a little too early, but sometimes I'm just ready and I wish it was time to go to the hospital! I get contractions every evening and I'm starting to wish I was far along enough that they could be the real thing. I either need to have this baby or go back to work because I'm starting to feel very unproductive and crazy. On the occasional days I do go into work, I love it because I don't feel pregnant at all. I don't notice the aches and pains because I'm focused on getting things ready to go on maternity leave which is a big task! When I'm at home I notice every little rib jab, nauseous moment, and the many many contractions that do nothing except make me go to the bathroom every 5 minutes. I've deep cleaned everything I could think of, organized every last onsie, and basically have nothing left to do for the whole "nesting" phase. Actually, I have yet to find the motivation to clean all my dusty blinds, perhaps I'll save that project so I have something to do at the end. I've definitely enjoyed all the time I've had this summer, but I'm very ready to go back to work in a few weeks.

I think my relationship with Pillsbury is starting to catch up to me. Up until a few days ago I hadn't felt like my body changed too much except for in the whole belly area. Suddenly everything else is starting to feel a bit bigger too. Yay for a bigger bum! Boo for fat face. I think I'm leaving the "you're so cute" stage and entering "holy cow, is it time for that baby to come out yet or what?!" stage.