A jumble of things....

36 weeks

It's been a while since I updated, and I have a couple of new belly pics. I'm feeling rather huge, and looking it as well. Baby is approximately 5 1/2 lbs at this point, about right on par with what Jesse would have been at 36 weeks as well. It's also showing on the scale, as I'm not up 15 lbs from my lowest weight with this pregnancy. I'm still only up 3 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight though.

35 weeks

And here I am at 36 weeks

In other news....

We're slowly getting ready for the baby. Trying to get some junk cleared out of the house, getting space cleared for the home birth, and getting stuff ready that the baby needs. The clothes are all washed and the dipes are ready to go (though I'm waiting on more to arrive in the mail), and the cradle is put together. I actually did that part myself, and I'm rather proud! Lame, I know. Check it out though:

I'm getting rid of the vinyl covered mattress pad though. I should have gotten rid of it with Jesse, but I didn't know any better back then. I'm getting an all cotton cradle mattress. And I'm crocheting a wool cover for it that I'm going to felt and lanolinize (keep your fingers crossed that it actually works!). Here's the progress so far:

And apparently a king sized pillow case will fit over the mattress perfectly, so I'm going to try to order a couple pair of organic cotton pillow cases as cradle sheets.

I've also had appointments with both Jayme and Dr. B (Jayme's back-up) since my last post. Everything is looking good. Baby is measuring about a week ahead, but that's pretty normal since the head is not engaged yet. Baby *is* vertex though and staying that way. Finally! I've written up two birth plans...one for a home birth and one in case of transfer to the hospital. I might post them at a later time. Dr. B has me scheduled in with the maternal fetal assessment unit for a 41 week biophysical profile, since it's very likely I'm going to go post-dates again. It's an appointment I can easily cancel if Trouble decides to surprise us all and show up earlier than that.

Another thing I wanted to share is that I found another couple of pairs of maternity jeans that don't fall down!!! You can see one pair in my 35 week pic. It's so difficult to find pants that work for me when I'm pregnant. We only have one maternity clothing store here now - Motherhood Maternity - and most of what they carry is this "secret fit belly" and they just suck! And they account for about 90% of the pants in the store! Frustrating! Anyways, I did  have success, and now have some pants to get me through the end of this pregnancy. I hope.

I think that's about it for now...I've probably left out a ton of stuff, but I want to take a nap while Jesse is napping. Ta for now!