38 Weeks- READY.

38 Weeks- Feeling like Grahammers is taking over my whole body!
They're now saying he's an average-sized baby (instead of little),
and my belly can definitely tell. :)

How far along? 38 weeks.

Total weight gain? 22 pounds. For some reason there were occasions to have dessert like every night this week.. and Graham baby loved it. :)

Maternity clothes? Whatever works. I didn't buy a maternity coat since I'm from Tennessee and you don't wear a coat before mid- November (my due date). But since it's been freezing here for a month and I'm stubborn, I've just been making my normal coats work. Some will barely zip around my belly, some I button at the top only. I know I look pretty ridiculous with both, but I refuse to give in for the last two weeks.

Sleep? Sleep hates me. 

Best moment this week? Obviously hearing that everything is okay with little Grahammers!! We are just so, so thankful. His growth and development are fine and normal, his brain is fine and normal. Still breathing huge sighs of relief. Whew. At my normal 37 week appointment, my doctor told me that according to the prenatal specialist's measurements, Graham is measuring in the 50th percentile overall (his whole body), so he might not be quite the little baby we were expecting! He's officially moved up from everyone saying "he's just a little baby" to average size! Go Grahaminator! Just a late bloomer. :) I feel like he is taking up my whole body these days, with his head so far down but his feet still kicking up in my ribs. They are estimating his weight at 6 lbs, 7 oz now but admit ultrasounds aren't super accurate at weight. I wasn't dilated at all this week (first time they checked me), which my doctor says is no big deal and that lots of people don't dilate until they go into labor.

Miss anything? Having energy. I'm just really tired these days. Bending over easily. 

Movement? Now that he's been in the same position for over a month, it's so fun knowing which of his body parts are wiggling around. Before then, it was hard for me to identify what exactly he was doing in there! These days, he mostly shakes and pushes his little butt around on one side of my tummy and kicks on the other side.

Food cravings? Major sweet tooth this week.

Anything making you queasy or sick? No.

Symptoms? I have energy during the day, but completely collapse after work in the afternoons. Really tired. My stomach just hurts sometimes now- partly because of the contractions, but partly because of Graham too. I keep saying it feels like he's "burrowing" his little head down, using his whole body weight, inside me, a lot of the time.

Have you started to show yet? Oh yeah.

Labor signs? Still just Braxton-hicks contractions occasionally. 

Belly button in or out? It's pretty much out now. Gross.

Wedding ring on or off? On.

Happy or moody most of the time? Soooooo happy Graham baby is okay!!!

Name possibilities? Graham baby!!!

Looking forward to? Getting this show on the road! Now that I know he's fine, I'm ready!! But still freaking out about labor, of course. :) I've read up and now can't think about it too much. Graham has a second cousin on Andrew's side scheduled to make his/ her appearance today, so we cannot wait to meet that sweet baby!! And our next door neighbor's due date is today, so we keep waiting to see them rush out to the hospital. Babies all around! I also seriously cannot wait to dress Graham up in ridiculous costumes for Halloween next year. I told Andrew I was going to buy the cutest dinosaur, monkey, puppy, whatever costumes I could find in after-Halloween clearance sales and just dress him up every day for the first few weeks of life anyway. So stinkin cute.

I guess I'll settle for Thanksgiving being his first holiday...
with a turkey on his little butt. :)