Is it possible...

...to get to certain point in your life, look at where you are and think "how the hell did I get here?" Of course I say this in a good way. Here's a little of what I mean:


36 weeks pregnant!

How your baby's growing:

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.

Am I seriously one week away from being full term...the time has gone SOOOO FAST!

I also have a 2.5 year old...where has the time gone???

We are buying a house...closing next week!! Six months ago we thought that being home owners was years away...and here we are. A week away from owning our first home. I still can't believe this!!