37 Weeks Pregnant

How far along: 37 weeks pregnant! Due June 28th!

Total weight gain: Up 21 lb.

Maternity clothes: Bottoms now are maternity or a few sizes up {I have two pair of pants that still fit but ONLY because they are stretchy jean material and are super low rise}. Shirts are mostly baggy ones, extra long ones, or simply maternity.

Stretch marks: I am still using my FAVORITE stretch mark oil {here} and the chest cream {here}. Also- A reader left a comment about the oil, which made me spend some time on Amazon looking around, and turns out they sell a BIG bottle of the oil for a ridiculous deal. The normal bottle is 4oz and runs $45, the big bottle is 16oz. and is only $68! What?!!!!!!!!!! From now on I am getting the big daddy {here}!

Sleep: Having a hard time getting comfortable, but only waking up once usually to go pee- so not too bad. Definitely have been taking a nap every day, mainly because I never know when I am going to give birth so I want to be as well rested as possible!

Best moment of this week: Sounds odd, but the fact that we didn’t go in to labor this weekend. On Friday night I was up on and off all night sick to my stomach and having some contractions. Saturday morning I kept trying to ignore them, and we went on to my sweet nephew Ashers 1st Birthday party. I called my doctor beforehand and she told me I needed to go in once the contractions were 5-6 min apart for an hour. Well, 2 1/2 hours went by with them at 5 minutes, but I just felt like they weren’t the real deal despite the timing. So we ended up leaving Bray with family at the party {um talk about emotional mama leaving her 1st baby and thinking the next time she sees him he will be a big brother!} and went home to grab our bags. Once home the contractions spread out to about 6-7 minutes so I thought I should just take a nap, and see what happens, and sure enough they stopped. THANK GOD because when J and I woke up from the nap, he got a fever and started throwing up. Now, I don’t know about how other women labor, but when I do- I need Jeremy by my side the entire time helping and encouraging me. If he was sick during the labor I have NO idea what I would have done…so we are SO thankful it was a false alarm!

Miss anything: I think the fact that my doctor said i’ll probably have him between 37-38 weeks makes me not care anymore about what I am missing, and just want to savor in every last second of this pregnancy.

Movement: All the time! Sometimes it hurts, but mainly its just amazing. He always sticks his butt out to my left and his feet to my right and its crazy.

Food cravings: Still watermelon, chocolate milkshakes from The Stand, and the other night I had a bowl of black beans alongside a bowl of Captain Cruch..so random!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing this week.

Have you started to show yet: Large and in charge, and thats quite alright;)

Gender: Another little boy, and we are so freaking excited!

Labor signs: At my 37 1/2 week appointment I was dilated to a 3, 70% effaced, and a -2 station. I am getting uncomfortable contractions every now and then and begin to think for a second ‘is this it?!’ and then it stops. Also, have been getting a shooting pain down my inner thigh randomly, must be from him sitting on a nerve weird.

Belly button in or out: Its all out and I feel like pokes out of clothes more this time around than last

Wedding rings on or off: On, which is surprising since they weren’t fitting at this point with Bray!

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy as can be!

Looking forward to: My doctors apt. today to see if more progress has been made. And hopefully having a productive yet relaxing last few weeks {days?} of pregnancy. Bray has officially entered the terrible two temper tantrums, so those are fun;)