bugaboo {36 weeks}

I'm 9 months pregnant!

It always confuses people that pregnancy is actually more like a 10 month process since it's 40 weeks gestation. If I'm lucky I'll get a few weeks of being 9 months along. Most of the baby prep is finished, but I wouldn't mind having some more time to get the details ironed out and to just enjoy this time with my little family of three.

Today I washed and sterilized all of the breast pump parts, bottles, and pacifiers. It ended up being quite the production. See...

Why do bottles need 6 individual parts?? ha ha

I have an OB appointment on Thursday and get my Group B Strep test. I was positive for it with Asher, but I'm told it's the kind of thing that comes and goes, so we'll see where I fall now. The weekly appointments start now and will continue until D-day.

Baby is definitely getting bigger and making me more uncomfortable. I feel pretty good most of the time, but by 5 or so the Braxton-Hicks kick in and keep up on and off all evening. Sleep is becoming really lousy since absolutely no position is comfortable. I also found out that I have carpal tunnel in my hands and feet, so they both ache like crazy 24/7.

This is all stuff I'd expect by this point, so I really can't complain much. Things could definitely be worse and I have a great reward for my trouble! :-)

How far along: 36 weeks

Net weight gain/loss: 20 pounds

Maternity clothes: yes, but the shirt in these photos is regular

Stretch marks: not yet

Belly button: fully popped

Sleep: sometimes good, sometimes bad

Baby movement: still pretty significant, even though she's running out of room!

Gender: it's a girl!

Food cravings: crushed ice {is ice a food? either way, I can't get enough - still}

Food aversions: nothing really

What I miss: laying down without getting really uncomfortable

Looking forward to: getting the rest of the nursery furniture...hopefully by early next week

Best moment this week: a 3 year old girl in the church toddler class I taught this weekend asked me, "Why do you have such a big tummy?" When I told her it's because I'm having a baby every little girl in the class swarmed around and told me all about their mommy's tummies - size, baby/no baby, wishes that their mommy would have a baby, etc. SO funny! :-)

Milestones: baby could be born any day and would most likely be fine!