Still Waiting . . .

I thought I would update everyone on my current . . . very pregnant . . . state.



Yes I am still pregnant. Yes my due date was yesterday. But here is the short story on that:



My due date was originally June 16th (also my husband's birthday), but since I miscarried the month before I became pregnant my due date is a bit off. So according to the two sonograms I should be due July 19. What?!?!? That is more than a month off! So to the calendar I went . . .



I got a positive pregnancy test on October 9. That means that I have known that I am pregnant for a total of 36 weeks. Now we all know you can't get a positive pregnancy test immediately after becoming pregnant, so I have got to be at least 37 weeks now. And that's just the gestation period! Add two weeks to that for the "doctor's 40 weeks" and that makes me 39 weeks pregnant! I am ready to have this baby!!!!!



But because of the sonogram date, my midwife will wait until July before she gets worried. Oh please Lord, let me have this baby soon! I want to meet her!



Then there is the question everyone one keeps asking . . . what will you name her? WE DON"T KNOW!!! Knowing my husband there will not be an official name until the baby is here. (which I hope is soon!)



As far as how am I doing . . . I feel pregnant! I actually have a belly this time!! I look pregnant!! (All my other kiddos I looked like a large whale.) I can happily say I have only gained 17 pounds so far - thanks to our healthy eating habits. I will get a picture up soon. I do have a rib that pops in and out of place and that really hurts. I have limited movement due to that, but I have some great kids that are helping around the house! I also have to say thank you to Aunt Pam who came over today and mopped for me! Bending over and moving objects out of the way has been something that causes more pain to my back, so needless to say, I haven't been doing such things.



Little Man has diligently kept up the laundry for me. He does everything from make the laundry soap to dump the clean laundry on my bed. (I fold.) Short Stuff is a wonderful little dish washer. She doesn't even have to be asked! She figured out that if she waits too long to do dishes she has more to do at one time. So now she walks in there and gets to work whenever she sees a sinkful! What a girl! Tinker is my bathroom cleaner. She loves to clean the bathroom! The only thing I can figure out is that she likes to dump out all the cleaners. LOL! Fixing my bed can wreck havac on my rib and back pain, so my husband has been doing the sheet changing for me! I have quite a team!