Around 4:30 or so I went for a walk to see if I could kick-start some contractions, and it worked! By a few minutes after 6 I was having a ton of cramps and some moderately painful contractions. Still nothing consistent or anything, but way more than I have ever had before. Then they started to get more and more intense, so I let Michael know (I told him there was no need to rush, but it seemed like there were some stirrings in my belly). He was just leaving …

So the answer to last week’s question about if that would be my last pregnant photo is NO!!!! Here I am showing off our Bloom baby chair at 40 weeks to the day. I can’t wait to have my little Sutton to put in it.

Just got back from the midwife. Everyone is healthy – my blood pressure has dropped just a little down to 100/60 (anything above 90/60 is normal – not sure what the high parameters are). But this is no cause for alarm because the baby has a very strong heartbeat and everything else is fine.
Last week they told me they would do a membrane sweep today, but since I am having contractions on my own, they want my body to have a go at just finishing the process naturally. Stupid Nature. …

Ummmmmm…. Baby? It’s 12:16 am on the 20th. I thought we agreed you would come out now. I was having a lot of contractions yesterday and then only 1 or 2 on Wednesday. Waiting sucks.

Michael installed a special wire cage on the outside of our flat so the baby can get some air. He also built Baby’s crib and chair on Sunday night. It definitely made things more real. We have a little baby bed sitting in our room now, and I got it all ready – little mattress, waterproof sheet, regular sheet, blanket, giraffe, and elephant. I wonder if we should get a mobile to hang on the side? Anyone want to weigh in? Anyway, we went really basic on the crib so …

With any luck, my pregnancy will be over in a week or so and of course my top priority is delivering a healthy baby. But as I am reflecting back on the last months I thought I would write down the good and the bad of carrying a child.

I think the best part is feeling a little person growing inside of you every day. Knowing that you and you alone are responsible for making sure they have everything they need. I don’t mean to diminish the role of Dads or …

Is this the last photo of me pregnant? Let’s hope so! Michael says the baby will come next weekend but please, please let it be sooner! I mean… look at the sheer size of me. People literally stop their conversations when I walk by because they can’t believe how large I am. Soon.

I am 38 weeks and 5 days today so I should be measuring around 38 cm from pelvic bone to the top of my uterus, but I am coming in at a whopping 39.5 cm!!! As with everything in pregnancy, this could mean:
A. Nothing
B. Baby is big
C. Baby is ready
D. Something totally different
Unless you are more than 3cm larger than expected, it probably just means he is a little bit big. The midwife nicely said that since I haven’t an ounce of fat on me, it isn’t me it is …

No, I haven’t landed a part in the remake of this show, although if they did remake it, with current health care costs, the $6 million dollar man would be a guy who got into a car accident, had to stay in the hospital a month and then got sent on his way with a pair of WWII-era crutches.
Recently I received some mail from the IRS, apparently they missed me. Well they missed me AND the fact that they thought that I owed them $2.2 million dollars. Their (flawed) …

I went to the pool last night to enjoy my leisurely float. I got in about 8:45, and I was looking for a kick board, because frankly I was feeling quite lazy and just wanted to relax. For some reason the pool only had 3 kick boards available, and they were all being used. However, one was being used by a guy who wasn’t actually using it at the time. So I asked if if he was using it, and he said he was. Since it is ladies only starting …