I am now in my 38th week or better known as full term! You know what they say that people can give birth either plus or minus two weeks? the total 40 weeks would have me giving birth on Oct 21. That’s the plus two weeks. I’m already past the minus two weeks. So if this goes on any longer Baby J is going to end up overcooked.
The awful thing is that I seem to already be experiencing what is known as “pre-labor.” The baby seems to have dropped since my belly is low and protruding. However people say if the baby is still active, he’s not engaged yet. But I’m not sure. Maybe he’s really just that active? My pelvin pain and pressure has gone up a notch with the addition of rectal pressure. It’s not fun feeling like someone is squeezing your privates in a vise-like grip with the additional feeling that something heavy is about to burst down.
I’m on my last two days of work and I don’t even feel like going to work tomorrow. I’ll probably just keep walking around the office to keep myself active. But don’t expect me to do any actual work. My next OB appointment is this Sat where she will once again check if I’m dilated or not. If I’m not, then I think I need to get an ultrasound to check the baby’s health and if the placenta is still ok. The last ultrasound I had was two months ago so I think it is about time again to check up on the little guy. I wonder if my father in law will insist again on a 4D ultrasound just to see Baby J’s face. I personally think it is too expensive and he’ll make an appearance in a few weeks anyway but I’m not that difficult to convince otherwise.
Sleep is already every 2 to 3 hours due to the side I’m lying on becoming numb. My hands have now joined my ankles in being swollen. Good thing my face isn’t swollen except for some added fat. My nose is still the same 
I literally look like I’m about to burst. This is exacerbated by the movement of Baby J every so often where it feels like I have a chest-burster (reference to Aliens) in my belly.
Despite it all I am extremely happy that we are about to welcome someone into our family. I was able to meet with some dear friends and was really saddened at how difficult a time they had/have conceiving. It really is a blessing that we have Baby J coming soon and that we were able to get pregnant quite quickly. You never know what you have until it is gone and sometimes we take our reproductive health for granted. That’s why I have no regrets resigning from my job to take care of our baby until I’m positive I can leave him in the care of someone else.
In other news, 5 of the 10 couples in our childbirth class have given birth already. Some tried to go natural but ended up needing a CS due to complications. We’ll see what happens in my case but so far, so good naman.
