2 Weeks left! (Hopefully!)

Only two more weeks until my due date!  I am anxiously awaiting this little girl.  Jon and I have been discussing names, but we won't decide on anything until after we meet her in the hospital.

She started dropping into my pelvis around the 19th of December, and it has been an immense relief.  I can breathe better, her feet are out of my ribs so the intercostal muscles are finally healing, and I can eat more.  I definitely feel more pressure in my pelvis and sometimes pain in my pubic bone, but it's mostly not that bad.  However, it has made me start waddling like the uber-pregnant lady I am.  It's hard to walk when you have a baby's head sitting between your legs, let me tell you.

I've had a much harder time sleeping lately, and I'm up every 2 hours in the night to pee.  I've also finally started swelling like crazy.  Just before Christmas it started.  My fingers are like sausages and my ankles are swollen and my legs discoloured and splotchy.  I keep drinking lots of water and it seems to help a bit, but I'm still swollen.  Thankfully there is still no protein in my urine and my blood pressure is still excellent, so no risk for pre-eclampsia.

I'm back to wanting naps during the day, but I try not to give in most of the time, because then I have a harder time sleeping at night.  I should take the naps when I can in the coming weeks though, so I'm properly rested for labour.  I've been stocking up on freezer meals for after baby comes so I don't have to worry about cooking, so that's what's been keeping me busy lately.

I'm also having doctor appointments once a week now, so that keeps me motivated.  I tested positive for group B strep, so I'll need to have an IV during labour.  Other than that, everything is good.  My BP was 122/74 on Monday and everything looks good.  Baby is in the proper position and seems to be happy.  Very strong heart beat.  She's been in the same position now for about a week.  Her bum is on my left side with her feet in the middle of my ribcage and her knees on my right side, so she's on an angle with her head down.  I constantly feel her knee moving back and forth on the one side.  She also keeps pushing her bum outwards and making Braxton-Hicks happen.

I'm pretty tired, lethargic, and not very motivated to do much these days, since being on my feet for more than 10 minutes makes me have contractions, but I'm getting things together and I feel confident that everything will go just fine.  Baby will be here soon!!