Crazy Socks & Writer's Block

On Sunday, September 30th I went to bed pretty bummed out that I'd have to go back to work the next morning. I took this picture of my bump before going to bed, realizing that I hadn't taken any photos of my actual belly the whole pregnancy.    I woke up around 1:15 that morning, having to pee. I was still pretty asleep and when I sat to go, it felt like I started peeing without actually peeing. I figured I was just too sleepy and went back to bed. A few seconds after I laid down though, I felt more water coming out of me and ran back to the bathroom where it just kept on coming. I was so thrilled. Whenever I pictured my ideal version of going into labor, that's how I pictured it going down; my water breaking in the middle of the night at home so that I could go to the hospital right away without having to time contractions, and without having to worry about it breaking in public.  I went and woke up Sammy who kept asking me over and over again if I was sure. Whe...

Week 38 I had my 38 week appointment where the doctor told me everything looked normal and I was 2cm dilated. I was so thankful to hear that because I would have been sad if I was still at zero. All of the doctors at my office have students following them, so I got to get the exam twice because I'm a pushover and don't know how to say no. I could tell that the student had no idea what she was doing. She kept poking at my belly and the doctor asked if she could feel where the baby was, and then the doctor started poking my belly to show her where he was which was reassuring to know that he's still head down and where his butt was.  My belly changes shape hourly, sometimes by the minute.  Three minutes apart. I'm so ready for him to be born. On Saturday I laid on the couch at a weird angle and ended up pulling a muscle or something at the top of my belly and it hurt so bad every time I moved. This is how it felt.  Thankfully the pain felt better the...