Permission to post TMI

I am already loving the idea of this blog! It gives me an outlet and a way to take a minute to record down some memories, and at the same time keep the people who are interested in my life to read what i have to say, without over sharing with all my "friends" on facebook.  I mean, lets get real... more than half the people on my facebook probably don't care what I have to say, especially since I feel like all I've talked about is pregnancy, and in another couple weeks i know ALL I'll have to talk about is my little girl.So I'm loving the idea of a blog because I can over share, I can expose all the dirty details, and well if you read it, its because YOU clicked on my blog, not because it showed up on your facebook wall.

I am taking a quick break from cleaning every inch of my house.. I just have this horrible picture in my head about going into labor, coming home from the hospital with the baby and being WAY too tired to clean, but then people want to come over and see the baby and my house is just a wreck.. I do not like that idea at all.. so here I am, 37 and a half weeks pregnant and trying to clean my floor on my hands and knees.. oh geez.. I'm going to be sore tomorrow.  Hey, maybe all the cleaning will put me into labor and then all this cleaning won't go to waste! A girl can dream, right?

Friday afternoon was our most recent Dr. appointment and everything is looking great.  With just 3 weeks to go until my due date my cervix is thinning and I am 1 cm. dilated. (These are the dirty details I wouldn't dream of posting on Facebook... not EVERYONE needs to know the details of what's going on "down there")  We go on Tuesday for our last ultrasound to check the size of our baby and then for another Dr. appointment to see if things are progressing more.  Wish me luck!

Swollen feet, snoring, and snorting...

Today marks the 36th week of my pregnancy, and while the last 36 weeks have seemed to fly right past me, on the other hand.. it's hard to remember a time when I wasn't pregnant.  So I thought I would take a minute to remember some of the weird symptoms that I never imagined would accompany a pregnancy, because I imagine once Brielle is here, I won't easily remember this time.  Who would have thought that this baby would kill so many of my brain cells.  So here I am, sitting on my couch, with a little set of feet jammed behind my rib cage, and my swollen feet and fat ankles up on the table while I type this first blog entry. 

There are some things I will miss so much about being pregnant, the kicks and nudges, and the cute hiccups that she seems to get more often than any human being should.  I'll miss being able to protect her 24-7, and I'll miss being able to feel her love, without having to hear her scream.  Of course there are things I won't miss.  Like the constant snoring... Sometimes happens so loud that I wake myself up, along with my husband, and probably neighbors.  I went to bed last night with ankles that looked like they must have belonged to an ogre... don't think I'll miss that.  Some days I feel like a pig, but what's even stranger is, sometimes I actually sound like one.. that's right friends, I have developed the most embarrassing and inconvenient SNORT!  I snort when I'm laughing, I snort when I'm crying, I snort when I take in a deep breath... what the heck! I'm hoping that's one of the symptoms that goes away, RIGHT away!

Well, I did intend to write more, but it has been a whole 4 and a half minutes since I last used the bathroom, and well.. my bladder is about to burst again! Until next time! =)