Blinded by the light.

So, when people see my belly, they make one of two comments. "Wow, that is big" or "holy cow, that is so white!". I'm not sure people have ever seen a whiter belly. So, hence the title of this post. And once you see the pictures below, I'm sure you too will be saying one of the two comments above. Or both perhaps.

Well, I thought I would give an update on how the baby and I are doing. A couple people have asked, so I thought I would do what my friend Shari did and after every dr's appt's near the end of her pregnancy, she would give everyone an update. I also thought it would be fun too, since this is going to serve as my journal and I can go back and look at it.

Last night I was not feeling well and had strange cramping all night. I was anxious to go to the dr's and ask him what he thought was going on. Ryan was a little worried and was sweet and insisted he go the dr's with me. I love when he goes with me, it's kind of like a little date. And it just makes it exciting to be there together. So, we went to see Dr. Clayton, who I just adore, by the way, and he asks in his ever soothing voice how things are going. I tell him about the cramping while he is measuring my belly, etc: and he says that it is totally normal. It is just my body getting ready. He obviously warned that if they are consistent and persistent, that that could be labor. He told us that the heartbeat sounded great, the belly/baby is measuring great and that the baby is head down and in position. It was strange, he went over all the C-section paperwork and precautions and gave me my prescription for Vicodin to fill and have ready for when I come home. He also gave me paperwork I needed to bring to the hospital. It just made it all seem so soon! It made me feel like they probably do it this early because some women may go into labor before their next appointment. I have always kind of felt that I might go into labor a little early (or before the c-section date) with this one just because it has been such a different pregnancy and because we are doing the c-section only 1 day before my due date, so that we won't have the same complications we had with Jake's c-section. I was induced with Ben and had a c-section with Jake, so I have never really gone into labor on my own. With Jake, I may have, but they scheduled my c-section 2 weeks before my due date and when he came out they feel we were off on our due date and he was more like 3.5 weeks early! Again, that's why we are waiting to do the c-section to make sure this baby is fully cooked and his lungs can handle what Jakey's could not.

Anyway, now that it is November 1st, the countdown has really begun. 25 days! We are so excited. Time to get everything ready for sweet baby no-name. We have compiled a list of names to bring to the hospital, so at least we are a little further in the process than before. Well, that's all for now. Enjoy the pictures. Put on your sunglasses.