Week 39: This is it!

Waist: 43.5 inches, yikes!
Weight: 147 lbs! It doesn't seem possible.

Cravings: gyoza, fried wontons, chicken soup, pickles, rice, cookies, carrot cake

Activities: Other than trying to get some final photography work done, I'm not doing much of anything.

Mobility: I move like a three-toed sloth, really, really slowly. My body is so swollen that I can barely move and my belly actually sticks out about a foot from my body. My legs are like tree trunks and it's very hard to bend in the middle. Last night my legs were so swollen that my socks put really big dents into my ankles. It didn't look pretty.

My hands are very sore and swollen, especially the right one and I can't squeeze anything either. I constantly use the jar opener for everything. Last night I kept waking up because my right hand was tingling and it was really painful. Someone told me it's like having Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, which I hope I never get. The one benefit of being puffed up is that my face looks younger and that's good for an over-40 mom.

Finn started fulltime pre-school this week and I was really hoping to have this week to myself to get ready for the baby. I entertained thoughts of taking naps and pampering bubble baths, but no such luck. We have been plagued with colds for about two months and it's just getting worse. Doug has a really bad cold and actually went to the doctor today for antibiotics to avoid infecting the baby. We just don't want him to get sick right away. Finn caught a terrible cold when he was three weeks old and we were so worried. I actually stayed up each night just to watch him breathe.

Monday was a holiday, so no school for Finn
Tuesday he wend to school and was fine
Wednesday he got sick and I had to go pick him up.
After a visit to the pediatrician who determined that
Finn had a cold and an ear infection.
Thursday he couldn't go to school due to fever and coughing
Friday - you guessed it, he stayed home with fever and coughing.

Today I went to the OBGYN and the baby is measuring at 43 centimeters or 43 weeks!
She said that he'll probably be a nine-pounder. Oh, boy! Oh, boy! Oh, boy!!!