Baby bump - 39 weeks

Pregnancy insomnia is real and it's awful. I'm pretty sure I've complained about this aspect of pregnancy before but I just get so frustrated by it, especially since I'm still working full time. I was up at 4:30 this morning and decided to clean up my office/craft room a little and then watch a little TV before falling asleep again at 7 a.m. Thank goodness today is a slow day at the office.

Some days I still feel pretty good but on others I just want to meet our baby already! My belly is huge and heavy, I can barely walk at the end of the day and the HIP PAIN! Ladies, please tell me this will disappear when I give birth?!

It's official - the torpedo belly is in full effect! I'm running out of clothes to wear - even my maternity shirts aren't long enough anymore.

38 1/2-week appointment

About a week and a half until my due date. Car seat bases have been installed in both vehicles, hospital bag is packed, nursery is ALMOST done and teeny tiny baby clothes have been washed and put away! My mom took me to Babies R Us last weekend and she bought us much of the extra things we needed (crib sheets & pads, swaddlers, diapers, changing pad covers, washcloths, etc.) Plus we've received so many great new and hand-me-down items like clothes and toys, plus a swanky breast pump (thanks Angie!) and a couple swing/seats from friends. We've been so lucky.

Ok, on to my appointment stats:

 * dilated: 3 cm
 * effaced: 80%
 * blood pressure was: 138/81
  * baby's heartbeat was 140
 * belly measurement is 39 (he has dropped a little into the birth canal)
  * weight is a little higher than I wanted, but that's what happens with afternoon appointments - it takes my breakfast, lunch and snack into account