39 Weeks

Looky who is still here and as fat as the world! My ultimate goal (go ahead...call me pathetic) is to make it until at least Saturday after 3:00 p.m. Why? Oh, ya know. Only the most pathetic reason you can possibly imagine. Awhile back, tickets were purchased to go to see the final Twilight movie on opening weekend. I've seen all but the first one with Mandy in the theater and we are both very hopeful that I can bake this little turkey just four more days so we can go see the final installment together. One last hurrah until breastfeeding is over. So basically a year from now as that's how long the little kiddo will be attached to my...well...you know. Actually, there comes a bit of freedom upon solid food so maybe I'll escape once again in six or so months. :-)

So how am I? I'm peachy actually. Other than the fact that I'm having severe rib pain still from that possible fractured rib and my hip still hurts awful bad, I'm doing about the same. It's uncomfortable, yes. But I could go another two weeks without blinking an eye. Do I think I'm going to go another two weeks? No. Not really. The belly's hangin' pretty low these days. Some days I'm afraid I'll actually physically sit on it. But as most pregnancies go, I'll probably pop right at the exact time I don't want to. My best bet is either one hour before we leave for the movie on Saturday, Thanksgiving Day as we sit down to eat ourselves silly, or tonight at the beginning of a school week. But I'm hoping and praying for one of those rare due date deliveries which are supposedly unlikely if you're not induced.

Truth be told, the worst problem I'm having is answering the consistently repetitive questions. "Still no baby?" "Are you getting induced soon?" But my personal bane is the phrase I hear daily from people...including total strangers. "Woah! You look like you're about to pop!" Which roughly translated is: "My goodness! You're a huge fat cow. That must suck." To which I would love to answer, "Why thank you for noticing! I was hoping someone random would draw more attention to my ginormous belly today and remind me how fat I am!"

So for now I'm still here. That's about it. Until week 40...maybe...