Um, could you carry this for a few minutes?

So the big news is yesterday, Monday, August 7, we had another ultrasound done by the Doc and Jackson is weighing in at a healthy 4lbs 5oz. With seven weeks still to go, probably shooting for a good 8lb baby, which is fine by me. I want a big healthy baby, plus I know how to say "E-P-I-D-U-R-A-L Please!!" No wonder my back has been killing me, I would just love for someone to carry my tummy around for just a few minutes, that's all, I'm not looking for all day, I would just love a few minutes here and there for someone else to carry the load and give my poor back and especially my bad hip a break. Thank goodness for swimming pools! Not only do they cool a gal off, but she can feel as light as air in it! I'm sure I look like a bobber floating around that thing in my red swimsuit, but I don't care, it's sweet relief!

OK, so here's kind of a funny story I should share with y'all. Mind you my hormones are raging and my patience level is off the charts, so for this lady to have walked away without a little lip from me is pretty much AMAZING!! So, I know that there are women out there that had horrible pregnancy's. Some who have carried 10 to 13 pound kids well past their due date. I'm sure there's even those that have had worse temperatures and climate to deal with than me. I am not going to down size your experience in any way, especially when some of those women feel as if their childbirth experience was their right of passage, the way they brought life into this world can never be compared to again. I just pray that I learn from this and when I see a pregnant girl in the store or just in passing, I will just smile at her and SHUT MY MOUTH!! Seriously! I had a lady in Albertson's notice my condition, then felt the need to walk all the way across the produce section to where I was, just so she could share her story of giving life to her son in the hottest summer on record for North Texas....summer of 1980!! I listened patiently and then thought to myself..."why do some women find it so necessary to share these horrific stories with pregnant women they see? I can't change it for them, it's not benefiting me in anyway, I didn't ask for their opinion and even if I do have a hard time in delivery it still won't compare because according to you, you had it so much worse!!" Oh and don't ever tell them that this is your first baby....that's when they really pounce! Thank goodness these incidents have been few and far between, there may have been a different outcome to our conversation.

Well I guess my first wave of sleepiness if finally going to hit (right now...11:31 pm) so I should ride it in so I can get my first 3 hours of sleep for the night. I am truly prepared for a new born, I sleep in 2-3 hour intervals and am awake for 1-1 1/2 hours in between.

Thought I'd post one more of Meagan's pictures......she's got great filters on her camera so she can make anyone look good :-)




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