35 weeks: family time

this week, according to Alpha Mom:
Your Baby:

• Is over five pounds now, although these weight guesstimates will start getting very useless very quickly over the next few weeks.
• Since most of your baby’s organs are fully functional and major developmental milestones behind him or her, the next month is all about weight gain. And since “normal” weights for newborns these days can be anything between six and 10 pounds, it’s hard to predict how big YOUR baby will be from here on in.

You:

• Are the very picture of motherly grace and beauty. Also: waddling.
• Fatigue may be a big problem right now. You may need a daily nap, or find yourself crawling into bed by 9 pm. (I can barely make it to my toddler’s 8:30 bedtime most nights.) And while I’ve always seethed at people who love to cheerfully remind pregnant women to “Get some sleep! Once the baby’s here you won’t get any sleep!” I have to say…dude, get some sleep.

ok so yeah, i hear this all the time..."sleep now! before she comes!" um.....HOW exactly am i expected to get sleep right now? i have to sleep sitting straight up in bed or on the couch to tame the INSANE heartburn/reflux....which hurts my back...and my hips....and my shoulders....so uncomfortable and definitely not conducive to sleeping. but what's a girl to do except pop some pepcid, prop up some pillows & pray for sleep. 

everything else is going relatively smoothly. my check-ups at the doctor will now be on a weekly basis to monitor whatever it is they monitor in that little pee cup, do some blood work, check my blood pressure, check Harper's heart rate and...GULP...check for dilation. it's nice knowing that we are getting checked on every 7 days, that's for sure.

this week, we had another wedding to attend. it was great to see the whole family. we are so big and spread out, we rarely get everyone together in one place! loved it. loved it. loved it. congratulations to the sweet couple, cameron & nikki!