35 weeks and 6 days pregnant

I have really really been blessed with this pregnancy.

No bed rest, not gestational diabetes, no crazy wight gain, no high blood pressure.

If you'd asked a doctor before I got pregnant what my chances were of having a pregnancy like the one I have had so far, they would have said they weren't that great.

But they would have told me to watch my diet really closely, to loose as much wieght as I possibly could before. I didn't loose any weight and well my pregnant diet.... not that great.

In fact, no one in the medical profession was even convinced that it would be as "easy" as it was for the two of us to get pregnant.

I say all these things, because I want everyone to know why I think these things happen - BECAUSE OF JESUS!

This is not to say that if I had been given a "rough" pregnancy or even an "awful" one, that it wouldn't have been BECUASE OF JESUS!

Two Tuesdays ago when the doc said, lets order an ultrasound he measures too big. I thought - well, here we go, this is the bump I have been expecting.

Now, you see we know our due date is correct because well, we just do. He's a honeymoon baby after all. So its not so easy, as the few people who asked me "Well, could you just be off on your due date?" might have thought. Yea, NO, we're not off on the due date.

So today, Brion and I trucked into the hospital for our ultrasound. To find out if this little man of ours really is too big.

TURNS OUT!
He's not! Which is good news... guess I just measure big (which is not what a pregnant lady want to think about, but whatever I already feel like a truck)

So they measured his little head, his tummy, his precious little femur bone. And all in all he measures in at 36weeks 2 days, so he's three days ahead of my schedule. He's just an over achiever. And weighs in at an estimated 6lbs 7 oz already!! Already??? my gosh, I hope he's stops growing in the next couple weeks like my books say! Ultrasound tech said she would put him closer to six pounds.

He's got little chubby cheeks already and he's head down like he's supposed to be. PRAISE THE LORD!

So my little guy is cooking right along. Each day I can't imagine being more uncomfortable, but then the next day comes and well... I am more uncomfortable. Some nights are better than others and some are awful. I think I am starting to have not so comfortable braxton hicks or maybe a contraction every now and then. Something that doesn't feel good at least. The stretching/pulling pains have mellowed out a little bit... Thank you Jesus!

And well, we just keep trucking along.

Funny thing for a pregnant lady to do: Put on one of your non-maternity shirts 4 weeks before you are due. Now I switched to maternity shirts well before I probably needed to, but man are they comfortable. So when I switched I could still wear my regular t-shirts. Well last night I making spaghetti sauce and since I don't have an apron I try to use an old t-shirt that I don't care if it gets splashed on so I threw on an old regular t-shirt. It barely covered my belly button! I know my belly has a baby in it and that it had gotten bigger, but I just didn't really realize how much bigger!!!!

And now I go.

Ashley please note that is two posts in one month. :)

baby coming... soon...

34 weeks pregnant am I. Today.

I also had my baby shower today. Parties for myself make me uncomfortable. And even though technically it was for Titus, he still resides in me. We were incredibly blessed. Incredibly.

He can come today if he wants, we'd be able to wash him, dress him, change him, wash him, clip his nails, take his temp, suction snot out of his nose, and I think most of what we would need to do.

Being pregnant is intense, all the things babies need or are supposed to have. Intense.

I feel huge. And I know I will continue to grow "bigger" for another 6 weeks.
I feel like he is out of room already. But I know that he will still keep growing.

I am nervous about when he will come. I want so hard to convince myself that he might be late, so I don't go crazy if he is. But I am incredibly paranoid that he will be early.

We have talks, talks between the three of us. Titus, God and myself.

Pleading prayers more so. God, please don't let Titus come before May 8. God please don't let Titus stay in there for too long. Titus are you listening?

I don't know if these things are concerns or worries so much.

Finalized my maternity leave plans as finalized as they can be. How do you finalize a maternity plan when you don't know when the baby is coming, or how long you can last?

I am shooting for my last Sunday at church being May 10. The following Saturday is my due date. But who knows...

Oh, I swell now. So now, the ring that was already sized one size bigger then pre-pregnancy, now is too tight sometimes. I love my wedding ring. It is my real wedding ring, and I don't want to wear it around my neck. It belongs on my finger.

So the last 8 weeks or so of pregnancy aren't the most fun weeks in your pregnancy. Luckily by this time, I have somewhat forgotten how miserable I was for the first 11 weeks of my pregnancy. Missing those middle 20 weeks that I had, where I didn't feel incredibly pregnant or sick.

On another note, I feel incredibly bonded with my child already. When he squirms or kicks enough to force my attention away from whatever I am doing - I slow down and hang out with him. Put my hands on my tummy and talk to him. If I do not do this for awhile - I miss him. A lot. I am getting more and more excited to meet this little human that lives inside me.

My super amazing husband is gone this weekend at our church Men's Retreat. Can't wait for him to come home and see all the fun things Titus got at the shower.

So there, Miss Ashley, I posted. :)

I will try and keep posting as I struggle through the next 8 weeks of pregnancy. And I really want to be better about posting when Mr. Titus comes out!