37 Weeks

Austin put the car seat and stroller together! It was fun watching because after he was done he was driving it all over the house making "vroom" noises! Too cute! Then we put the car seat in the car! Tight fit since my doors don't open very wide, but it'll have to work for now.

Sunday I put the finishing touches on her room, which was all the stuff on the walls. I love it!!! Now I'll just have to wait to see how functional everything will be once Aubrey arrives! I'm sure I'll have to change things around.

There's definitely been a lot more pressure and achiness in the pelvic area, which makes me know the end is near. She's been wiggling a lot in there lately, too. This last week I've been able to sleep in an extra hour and a half in the morning, which is strange for me since I haven't slept in since before I was pregnant! Makes a difference not getting up early every day for work. Also, since she dropped, I now get up twice in the night to go to the bathroom instead of once.

I had my Dr. appointment this week and I'll start to go every week from now on. I told the Dr. that all this time people have been asking how I've dealt with the heat, I've been fine.... until this past weekend! All of a sudden, 2 minutes outside and I can't take it! Sitting in the waiting room I was hot. Sitting in the little room waiting for the Dr. to come in I was hot. Once McKernan and the nurse came in I was on fire about to break a sweat! They said my hormones really kicked in!!! Way to wait until the end, hormones! Then I made the Dr. and nurse laugh... I told them they need wider paper clothes that you're supposed to use to drape your lower half because I had a hard time trying to cover my crack so it wasn't visible as you walk in the door! I'm sure a lot of women have to have THAT problem with that paper sheet thing!

McKernan checked the heart rate, which I believe he said was 143 and she looked really healthy. He measured my uterus and I think could tell that she did drop. Even before he did a pelvic exam, he said he didn't think I'd make it to the 20th! I didn't really understand what was written down when he checked me for my status, but I don't think I was starting to dilate yet. I really felt like he was digging for gold in there though... I only thought this was pressure from the outside in... I have a lot in store for me in a few weeks when I'll have the pressure of someone from the inside coming out!