Wednesday, October 3, 2007

ahhhh...

The baby dropped!! :)

I have been complaining since May about how much my ribs hurt from being stretched from the inside, and it just got worse as the baby got bigger. But now it has dropped about 2 inches, and my ribs have only a happy ache of relief for being back in the right place again. I can exhale fully, which feels fabulous. My ribs are so relieved that I even can clasp my bra a step tighter. And I actually felt real hunger for the first time in months!! My stomach had room to be empty, and I'll admit it felt pretty good to be hungry for a little while - and then also to fill it right up again :)

Travis has found that he likes to drum on my tummy, as we're standing face to face, because right up near my ribs it sounds more hollow (my standard chest cavity) and lower it's all solid (BABY). He noticed last night that my "drumming area" is bigger, so that baby really is sitting lower. I can tell that there are some ligaments underneath my belly that are a bit strained, but I don't care. I feel so much better now that I can breathe and eat that I really care a lot less whether I deliver tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. This is fantastic. I guess this is why women start nesting!

I am taking tomorrow morning off to sleep in a bit, and then in the afternoon I'll go in for what will be my last time at work until the end of December. I feel so much better that I could go to work and probably be productive up until I deliver, but I really want to get stuff done at home. Not projects in particular, but just a thorough cleaning. I know I won't get back to doing any serious cleaning for a few months, so it'd be nice to start the decline of my house from a decent state. I suppose I can call it standard fall cleaning, anyway, right?

My next appointment is Friday. Baby is still moving around a lot, which is more enjoyable now that it's not so painful. :) I've had a few contractions that are just about getting to be painful, but they're mostly just uncomfortable. So, who knows how much change he will see, or how far out an induction date might be set, but like I said, I feel so much better that I don't much care!!

Ahhhh.... :)

1 comment:

Karin - BluePip Designs said...

And here I thought it was going to be a "baby's here!" post. Glad you are feeling better :)