That is the number of days left until my maternity leave begins. I honestly don't know how people work right up until they go into labor! I have officially acquired the 'Pregnancy Waddle', so it takes me twice as long to get from one place to another. This morning I had to laugh as I told my patient that if I had to lean over any further to see what Dr. S was doing, my belly would end up on his face. I feel so slow and tired ~ everything in my body hurts (except for my head, of course; it seems that there is a whole lot of nothing going on up there). Madelyn has discovered every possible uncomfortable spot in my tummy and favors them and, honest to goodness, it felt like she bit me from the inside yesterday afternoon. My pelvis creaks and cracks and it feels like the bones are being pried apart (a feeling similar to getting your braces tightened by the dentist), it's difficult to breathe, my feet and ankles look like balloons...but it's all so amazing and worth it. We'll see if I'm not singing a different tune in the next few weeks or so :) I am just about ready for Maddie to be done cookin' and be here. We've got nearly everything we need and I received pretty much all the goodies that I had requested at the baby shower. I went and bought a diaper bag, a "Tummy Time" mat, some nipples, and a Baby Einstein play gym with the gift cards that I was given. The shower really was wonderful. I wish both of my grandmothers could have come ~ that's the only change I would have made. Well, that and we would have had all-you-can-eat chicken McNuggets instead of croissants and crab cakes...
XOXO
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