oh yeah, i have a blog

so i meant to at least do a counterpart to the 10 weeks down, 30 to go post.  you know, when it was 30 weeks down, 10 go.  that was 4 weeks ago.

well, you see, my excuse is that pregnancy blogs are so DONE.  there are so many out there that say anything i could possibly have to say about pregnancy, only better or funnier.  go read those!  it's how i feel.

and of course i am not thinking of anything else, ever.  except sometimes when i'm thinking about politics and especially, you know, the gay marriage thing. but i have been trying with limited success to avoid such things because they angry up the blood.  i wouldn't want to be diagnosed with pregnancy-induced hypertension when really it's just election-induced.

there was some small drama, a few weeks ago, when i barely failed my initial glucose screen and for a little while had to entertain the notion of being gestationally diabetic.  but i wasn't, and that was that.  except for the syruppy awfulness of the 100-gram glucola and the horribleness of how one feels during the sugar rollercoaster of the 3-hour test.   but like i said, there are people who have written about that already, better and funnier than i could.  so all i have to say about that is how lovely my midwife is, because she let us hang out in her office where i could lay down in the recliner.  far, far better than suffering through that in the waiting room.

so, we can expect to have a baby in anywhere from 3 to 8 weeks.  but probably more like 6.  no more than 8, because they'll go in after her.  and of course how much that is simultaneously thrilling and terrifying has already been talked about in other places, better and funnier than i could say it.

but it's all true.  it's all little panic attacks about how i'm actually going to go into labor soon, and then i'm going to birth a baby, and then we will take this baby home where, like someone else already said funnier than i could have, i will attempt to keep her alive using only what i keep in my bra...  but i can't wait and every day that goes by goes a little slower and i'm going crazy with the waiting except for the fact that there's nowhere near enough time to get everything done, of course.

also, it really is hard to sleep when a 5-pound creature is having a wiggly dance party in your uterus.  and it really is funny how clever everyone thinks they are when they say, "get some sleep now!" like no one in the history of pregnant women has ever thought of saying that before.  dude, I'M TRYING but there's this DANCE PARTY GOING ON.

anyway, 34 weeks:

Comments

[Ross]

Yay! You updated! It's happening so soon!

Anyway, much love, and enjoy the dance party! good luck!

[elsoybean]

you've really let yourself go....

[LB]

Hey Congrats- You look great! Im so excited for you- its such a fantastic journey that seems to get better by the day.

Ive got #2 cooking right now....this baby thinks she is in a mosh pit. Great fun.

Be well!

[Russ]

Number 2? You little tart! Good luck to both of you!