Just Swell...

Yup...here we are at week 37.5. We went to our first weekly appt. last Wednesday. The doc told us that on Friday, we'd be full term and that at this point, if I were to go into labor, they wouldn't do anything to stop it. Heart is good and strong. Measurements are good. I didn't know this cuz I guess if you don't ask, they don't tell. But...your fundus measurement (the one where they measure your belly from bottom of uterus to top of uterus) can be plus or minus 3 cm. of what it's supposed to be. She said mine was fine and mine was 35cm. When I got home and thought about that a little more, I was kind of surprised...sure don't feel small! Yeah, I know, it's really not that much of a difference, but I thought for sure I was at 36 or MORE! Ray asked the doc about my swollen ankles. They aren't too bad, but there is definitely some swelling. And the right one is always worse than the left one. Nothing to worry about. She did some checking, told us some warning signs to be on the lookout for and then...told us that it will get worse! And will continue until about two weeks after delivery! Great...just what I wanted to hear. But- then again, maybe it won't be as bad as she said. When I say as bad as she said, here's what I mean...She said that she has seen poor little ladies come in with sausage looking stuff! Eeek!!!

Saturday wasn't such a good day. It's really interesting how much the weather and my body temperature affects my mood while being preggo. Not sure if it's interesting so much as friggin' frustrating! Started out OK. I made a coffee cake and some scrambled eggs for breakfast. We headed down to Point Loma for Ray's haircut and were going to catch "The Dark Knight" after the haircut. Well- the flick didn't start til 1:30 and we didn't really have anything else that needed to get done. So, we headed home and had some lunch. It was kinda HOT. So after sitting around for a bit, my desire and motivation to go out and do stuff was not so great. I was really close to telling Ray and Sam to go to the movies without me. But, I went. I figured it had to be better to sit in an air conditioned theater than at home. Hmmm...it was cooler. But, I couldn't put my feet up. And..."The Dark Knight" is a long movie! By the time we left, my feet and ankles had swelled up. (Now, when I say my feet and ankles swelled up, we're not talkin' like elephantitis, but for me and what I'm used to...almost might as well have been!) So it's hot outside, my feet and ankles were swollen and I'm full term preggo! We get to the car and start heading home. And.....I cried! No one noticed though. Long hair is a great shielding device. ;) And it wasn't like I was bawling. That didn't happen til we got home and I went to the bathroom. I dunno...blame it on the preggo hormones that you read so much about. Or just me feeling sorry for myself. But...tell ya what...I did feel better after gettin' that bawlin' out!