Ahh the joy…

OK, so I’m coming down to the end of my pregnancy…hopefully… cause I don’t know how much longer I can take! Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t trade this for anything, but I’m definitely ready to get this child outta me and to finally meet her. I have about 4 weeks left and praying that I go sooner although I think that she’s gonna come when SHE is good and ready…not her mama. So before this little one decides to make her entrance into this world I thought I would write about my particular joys of pregnancy. Here it goes…

1) Constant peeing…yep I realize that when you’re prego you have to go to the bathroom a lot more, but never did I imagine this much. I mean getting up every 45 min. during the middle of the night seems a bit extreme to me. I guess it’s a cruel way of getting you used to getting up with your new baby, but still….

2)Weight gain…of course you expect to put on some poundage during your pregnancy, but for someone my height it’s pretty hard to handle. I think I’ve got to the point where I’ve pretty much come to a stand still. I better have or I won’t be able to walk due to back pain.

3) Fluid retention…I’ve tried really hard to watch my sodium intake to cut down on this, but nope, didn’t work.  I get extremely swollen…and this heat doesn’t help. I haven’t been able to wear my wedding rings since the 4th month and I don’t think I’ll be seeing them again for quite a while. Sometimes I look down at my fingers and realize that I now have man hands and my feet…wow….my family loves to laugh at me whenI get really bloated…nice, huh?

4) Emotional roller coaster…I never really thought I was an emotional kind of girl, but lately I don’t even know myself. One minute I will be perfectly fine and the next I’m bawling like a baby…usually over something really stupid. My husband..the amazing man that he is…tries to comfort me, but I never really have a good reason as to why I’m crying….sometimes I just don’t know. But when he’s around, he usually says something to make me laugh and then we continue laughing at what a weirdo I am.

All of this said I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Nothing beats the joy of feeling your baby move inside you. Feeling her little foot or hand and being able to watch as she moves your belly.  Some of my favorite moments have just been sitting on the couch with my and my husbands hands on my belly and feeling her kick against us. We’re about to experience one of the greatest joys life has to offer…being parents..and we wouldn’t trade it for anything!! Emberlynn Grace….hurry it up! Mommy and Daddy wanna meet you!