I'm Officially BEYOND Tired and Miserable...

WARNING: THIS IS A POST FULL OF COMPLAINING FROM A VERY PREGNANT WOMAN...READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

Today would have been the day that the high risk Dr. would have done the amnio and then scheduled a c-section for tomorrow to meet our little babes...she was so ready and willing to do it today...but, Jeff and I both felt that we should try to wait one more week and let the babies grow and develop that much more (I think I can, I think I can...).

So now it is exactly a week before the Dr. will do an amnio and hopefully all will go well and we will have our babes in our arms next Tuesday the 22nd! I am so READY! I am trying hard not to complain but MAN it is getting miserable! Nights are the worst...and I know everyone says "enjoy it now because you won't sleep once they come" but lately I've been thinking... "yeah, but at least when I do sleep I won't have this humongous belly in my way and I won't be going to the bathroom every half hour!" My belly is BIG and it is so painful to turn over...such an ordeal! I have also been suffering with carpal tunnel in my wrists (OUCH!) and the worst heartburn and acid reflux this side of the Mississippi...nothing seems to help! We won't even begin to talk about the swelling...suffice it to say that I am beginning to wonder if I will EVER see my true ankles again.

And then there is poor Jeff...he informed me the other day that I have started snoring (how embarrassing for ME!) and I wake him up every time I turn over (because it really is a BIG ordeal). He has been beyond sweet and patient cleaning bathrooms, rubbing my very swollen and gross feet, just hugging me and loving me when I need it the most (how did I get so lucky?). Last night I realized that he had gone out to sleep on the floor in the living room (we don't own a couch just a very short and uncomfortable love seat)...he had to be at work at 4 a.m. this morning to get a project ready for a client so I know he is SO tired right now...poor guy.

OK, enough of the complaining...I know that so many women have done this before me and that many have had it a lot worse...I am so grateful that it has been an uneventful pregnancy so far. WE ARE SO BLESSED...SERIOUSLY!

I am also thankful for my Scandinavian body that is so well equipped to carry babies...growing up my mom always told both my sister and I how lucky we are to have our Scandinavian bodies and that we have great birthing hips (not that I'll be using mine this time around)....I always wondered how lucky I really was with this big, awkward body but since I've been pregnant, I have really been thankful for the extra room. It's the first time in my life that people have said "Wow, you are so small!" HA! So I guess it's time for a shout out to Mom and Dad for the great baby carrying genes and to all those women (and their patient husbands) past and present who have brought us all into this world...THANK YOU!