Progress!

Little Henry is making moves! As of yesterday, I am 1 cm dilated and 50 % effaced, or thinned out (will be 36 weeks tomorrow). I know this really does not mean much as you can walk around like this for weeks, but it feels great to know that something is happening! He is head down and has been for a while, which is what contributes to the progress and the pressure on my bladder. My OB wants to do an ultrasound at next week's appointment to check his growth because he is measuring a bit ahead. Again, these measurements don't really mean much, but I won't pass up a chance to see him again!
I am not feeling horrible all the time, just most of the time! Sleeping is more and more difficult, mostly because I have to pee so damn much! Still waiting for that energy surge to come and allow me to deep clean the house and cook up a storm. For now I will settle for the energy to walk to the mailbox and heat up take-out.

The nursery is just about done. We still have a few things to do, like put up curtains, paint letters, organize the closet, but it is just about complete! I really love the way is turned out!

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Here I am at 35 weeks


We also had maternity photos taken by Emily Alane Photography. She is awesome and we had a great time! You can see some of the shoot at her blog:
http://www.emilyalane.com/jeannine-and-nitesh/

In the home stretch!

I cannot believe how close we are to meeting Henry! Some days it feels like I have been pregnant forever. You know those days...where getting off the couch makes you feel like you just ran 2 miles and when you realize stretch marks can show up anywhere..yikes! But other days it feels like I just found out there was a little peanut in my womb.
We were finally able to do the 3D ultrasound last week and it was amazing! Seeing his face was incredible! I cannot imagine what it will be like when he is actually here! His weight at the scan was estimated to be around 4 lbs, which is right where he should be.
Little Henry was quite cooperative. He smiled.

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He yawned...a lot! We did not get much sleep the night before because someone loves to dance around every time I get up to pee, which at this point is every 2 hours if I am lucky.

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He even sucked his thumb!


All the discomforts and pains of being pregnant (not even talking about labor...ask me about that after he is born) are so worth it...even though I feel like I need a fork lift to help me roll over at night and we go through an obscene amount of toilet paper now.
And to think I felt huge at 31 weeks...


And just because I cannot stop looking at his sweet face...