We officially have a “full term” baby!! Yipppeeee!! Ease Momma Young’s mind a little bit. Its good to know that the baby has fully developed lungs if he/she decides to come any day now! Although, for those of you wondering….no, I don’t think this baby is making an appearance ANYTIME soon. People keep asking, how are you feeling? anything feeling different? Nope, nothing, I feel just the same I did a month ago….comfy lil baby. Yes, it is true….37 weeks = Baby the size of a watermelon. And in all seriousness…I am not concerned, I am just happy Baby is growing big and strongJ
We are feeling rather prepared for Baby’s arrival. Each night I’ve done something little to throw into the hospital bag, to prepare the room, etc. I hope to solidify, and zip that hospital bag up for good! We had an incident where Lexi decided to eat all the snacks I had packed in the bag for the hospital…lil stinkerJ and I did another load of Baby laundry, so hopefully he/she will have a few outfits to last for a few days when we get home.
I’m trying to get my thoughts together about Baby and motherhood. This morning was a day where I was very…emotional. Just thinking of the lil one made me almost cry. Just to think how he/she is growing and that really…any day could arrive and my life will change forever and my life will become perfect. Which is crazy, because I feel sooooo very blessed with the life that I have been living. I have an amazing, supportive, fun, smiley, handy, understanding husband that each and every day, I count my lucky stars for, and who will be an amazing father and I wonder how I am the lucky one who gets to spend the rest of her life with this man.
We are surrounded by friends and family that mean the world to us and that make our lives feel complete and fulfilled. And soon we will be adding a little baby into this adorable family of ours…and believe it or not…it’s going to get better…even when I sometimes can’t believe it could get better...this is just the beginning of amazement that will be coming when Baby arrives.
I am still coming to grasps about labor and delivery, but I am trying to emotionally/mentally prepare myself for it. I have contemplated the ideas of the different pain medications that are available and what I hope to be able to forgo or use, which has been a challenge. To one degree I feel as though I shouldn’t make the decision since I have no idea what this experience will consist of or how in the world it will feel. But I worry that if I go into it just feeling like “we’ll see what happens”, I wont be “strong” enough to believe in myself and my body to do what I have been made to do. I’ve realized I want to try my ABSOLUTE best to do what is best for the baby. When I go into labor I will no longer be thinking of myself first…I am becoming a mother, and that means Baby goes first in my book for the rest of my life, from that moment on. Love it…but it’s WEIRD to think aboutJ I can not wait for this next chapter in our lives to begin…its going to be one wild ride! J
I’m sorry, I think this is a very RANDOM, sporadic blog post…that’s what I get for not updating often enough. Maybe someday I’ll get better….maybe.
