9 months and Counting....

HOLY COW (literally)! I'm officially 9 months today and boy do I feel/look BIG! Justin and I went for our latest doctor's appointment today. The 1st thing my doctor says to me is, "You are all baby girl!" I was like...don't I know it!?!?! I literally look and feel like a pear/penguin/planet, etc. etc. I swear I don't think Jackson can possibly get any bigger than he already is. The doctor discovered we are already dilated and he says we can have the baby next week or go to full term...it just depends on my water breaking and my contractions. Speaking of contractions, apparently I had one when he was examining and didn't even know it or feel it. I know I've had a few pretty big contractions...one of which I had last night on the way home from our childbirthing class #2, but the only way I know I'm contracting is when my stomach gets rock hard. However, my stomach is pretty rock hard all the time! So far, the contractions haven't been that bad and I just keep thinking...goodness, if they're like this, I'm going to love labor! From today on, we'll see the doctor once a week and hopefully we'll make even more progress next week. I just keep thinking just one more week...just one more week. Then, he'll technically be full term, but Justin doesn't want him to come early. He's only got about 3 weeks left of school and he just wants to make it past finals before we have the baby. Me....my thoughts are "OMG! I don't think I can do this much longer and I just want to make it to 37 weeks...just another week...just another week!" My body is just over being pregnant I think. I'm already having prelabor symptoms and my body is not enjoying them. One symptom is freakin' nausea! I just want to scream "I JUST GOT DONE BEING PUKEY SICK ALL THE TIME...LET'S NOT GO THROUGH THIS ANYMORE!" But of course, I'm getting sick in the mornings again and going through bouts of nausea throughout the day. And so there we are....all 36 weeks of me!

Before I end this post, I have to talk about my childbirthing class last night. The first class was hilarious...2nd class = TERRIFYING! In fact, I'm pretty sure watching the birthing video last night made me have the worst and strongest contractions I've ever had. I did NOT need to see the baby coming out b/c the thought that my area down there is going to get that big is like WHOA! I also didn't need to see the woman on the video go through the length of labor they did...granted they probably were going through labor naturally, but still...didn't need to see the pain and duration of everything they went through. It was just a little too much! Thank God for Justin who couldn't stop with the funny last night b/c he helped me laugh through it and made me feel better watching all the labor going on.

I JUST LOVE MY HUSBAND! He's so great for putting up with me and helping me stay calm and find the humor and life throughout this whole pregnancy thing. I feel so bad for him...I wake him up everytime I go to the bathroom and he never complains (at least not too much)! Last night, I woke up at 3:30a.m. screaming about scorpions and how I hated Oklahoma and just wanted to go home and go back to not having scary, life-threatening bugs in the state I live in. I kept yelling at him to promise to shake his shoes before he puts them on..."Just shake your shoes!" It was kinda funny, but not really b/c he's super tired today. I guess we're just getting ready for the many sleepless nights fo waking up with our little man! Again...I must reiterate...I LOVE MY HUSBAND!

Well...stay tuned. The next few weeks are going to bring us a beautiful baby boy :0)