9th Month

Candice: We now have only a couple days until D-day (hopefully she won't come too late!). This pic was taken at 39 weeks, 2 days so this is just about as big as I could possible get. I am starting to get nervous about things, as I'm sure most first time moms do. The unknown can be kinda scary after you learn about all the things that can happen during a delivery. As in the previous months, I've continued getting bigger this month than I could possibly imagine. The last week or so has been difficult. As my body is preparing for labor, the little aches and pains become more and more intense. I would say that I don't want to move much from the couch, but it seems I cannot get comfortable anywhere at this point which includes the couch! I went to my doctor's appointment yesterday, and found that I was dilated 3cm. My doctor predicted it would only be a matter of a few days, so we'll see if baby decides to fulfill doc's prediction. 

Despite all the little grips and complaints that I've had throughout the pregnancy, I've reflected this week on what a miracle this truly has been. At one point before getting pregnant, Jason and I wondered if the possibility for us existed that we might never be able to have kids. And now here we are. It has been amazing having this little thing inside me, forming from a mass of cells, to forming organs and developing a heartbeat, to feeling hiccups and kicks, to soon being able to live and breath outside me.  It'll be different to not be able to feel every slight move that she makes, but I am so excited to meet my little one. Despite all the "inconveniences" of pregnancy, there is not a moment of these 40 weeks that I would trade for the world. I would be ready to do it in a second. But, don't get me wrong. I will also be very excited to have my body start returning to "normal" as well. Until then, we're just waiting until she is ready to come out and meet us.....:)