36 Weeks...or THE BIG 9 MONTHS

I feel like there should be some kind of background music playing...like the Jaws theme or the "Hai, I'm Darth Vader and a badass" theme or something. I've officially made it to 9 months. I still have a month to go (give or take). *Sigh* Not that its a bad thing to still have a month to go, but I'm going to need this "9 months" lie to stop being perpetuated through society. Who decided that 40 weeks = 9 months??? Somebody left their calculator home that day...

This week was tiredness and the return of the pain. There was pain last week, but it wasn't anything to really write about. This week there are place that are just SORE. Like, the one spot on my upper right abdomen that Chloe aims for as her kicking dummy is tender to the touch. Oh, and dropping even the LIGHTEST thing on a pregnant tummy SUCKS. It also sucks that I'm so much more clumsy now, and I was already kinda clumsy before anyway, so dropping things in exactly the spot I shouldn't drop them happens a lot more. Swelling sucks. Preggo carpal tunnel sucks (and I might invest in a splint soon for it). Preggo sciatica sucks. Coughing sucks. Sneezing sucks. Choking on water going down the wrong pipe...SUCKS (I really thought I might die for a few hours last weekend). But, you know what's not going to suck? Chloe ^_^. Well, besides the fact that she has to literally to get food and whatnot.

Sorry this pic is a bit off...ran out of the house late and
took it at work...that and I don't really look bigger, but
trust, I AM

This week for Chloe:

• She's about 6 pounds and has more than likely reached her birth height already
• Most of her body systems are ready to go...the digestive system really kicks in at her first feeding though
• She's shedding her "baby chick hair" and the waxy stuff that keeps her from coming out a prune (vernix caseosa)

Now, we wait. Next week she will be considered full term, and the doctor said she can come anywhere from today to 6 weeks from now. I have to get an ultrasound next week because she's been measuring small (which I did too so I'm not really worried about it). Apparently, I'm capable of being a skinny bitch even while pregnant. Me: 1, World: 0. Although I like the idea of her fattening up and being as healthy as possible, let's all hope she can still do all of that and get here just a liiiiiiiiiiitttle bit sooner. Like in a week and a half ^_^. 

Baby shower this weekend...YAASSSS!