31 1/2 down, 8 1/2 to go.

Okay so on Tuesday I reached 31 weeks and up until then I had been feeling great. I was actually thinking I was getting pretty lucky by not suffering too badly with back pain, pelvic pressure, or ansomnia. Well that has all changed this week. Well most of it has. I have reached a point where I don't know how my stomach could stretch anymore to make room for this kid to grow for another 2 months. I'm ready to give birth now!!! The last two days (especially today) have been horrific. My back hurts sooooooooooo bad! I mean, I'm pretty tough when it comes to pain, but this is such a nagging pain it makes me want to flop down on the floor and cry. I have a non-stop pinch in the upper left side of my back and nothing I do will make it go away. It's days like today that I wish I could take my maternity leave now. I can't even make myself sound happy over the phone to customers when I hurt so bad. Isn't there anything I can do to stop the pain?!

Anyway, this may be the reason why my back hurts. Look at that belly!!!

On a more positive note, I've gone from seeing my Dr. once a month to every two weeks, which in my mind will only make the time fly by faster. I also met with a Peditrician yesterday and really liked how thoughtful him and his staff were. I was 45 mins early to my consultation and they brought me back into a room to see me early because they didn't want me sitting in the waiting room with a bunch of sick kids. How many times does that happen? Usually you get to see the Dr. after your appointment time and never before. I liked him a lot and he said he would be flexible about how I wanted my child treated with such things as vaccines. If I wanted to do a different vaccine schedule, he's okay with that.

Oh and my plan of inducing on a Saturday morning got shot down, because the hospital won't induce on the weekends. So I asked about the Friday after Thanksgiving and they said no to that as well, because they still consider that the holiday. So I am planning on going to this local Italian restaurant on Friday Nov. 27 and having all I can eat of the Eggplant Parmesan that is known to make women go into labor. That is if I haven't already gone into labor by that point. I had being so out of control!