About Nine Months

It was about week 35 weeks along that I realized I better start making serious arrangements to get ready for our next baby. I had the list of things I needed for the home birth and a good handful of things I still needed for the baby once he got here. I kept procrastinating. However, last Monday I walked to my chiropractor, who's office is about a mile away, and I felt so uncomfortable for the next two days that I thought, one, I better stop walking a full two miles in one day, and, second, I should probably stop procrastinating and get the items we needed to get. This poor fourth baby still has no name, had nothing set out just in case he arrived a little early, and it just occurred to me a few days ago that he might need diapers! So, all week long I've been working towards gathering up the necessities. The birth kit should be arriving this week, the home birth supplies are mostly in one area with the exception of two things I still need to pick up, his closet is on the way to being organized, which is easy, because he currently has no clothes for the 0-6 month range. :) I have a friend who will probably be passing along the hand-me-downs I gave her back when Nathan was a baby, so that should be remedied before Baby Boy arrives. So while I doubt I'll walk to the chiropractor's again I am glad that the discomfort I was experiencing put a fire under my behind and got me thinking practically.

I am very happy to be a healthy pregnant mom of three. I am very aware that these are most likely the last few weeks of my life that I'll feel like a blessed elephant rambling after three active children and feeling the kicks and rollings and jerks of a baby growing peacefully inside my body. It's a very special time and I know that. At the same time I do feel like an elephant. I am quite aware of how huge I am. At least I feel huge. I go through an average of two outfits a day before I find the one that covers my front effectively. I can have a good night's sleep, now that my cold is gone, and be ready for a nap before lunch time hits. That last point frustrates me and also amuses me. I have the usual aches and pains. My back is tired of compensating for a huge front section. There is a spot under my ribs that burns from constant contact with little limbs. But I am enjoying this stage of my life before the baby comes and I forever close the door on being an expectant mother.