I’m sooooo ready to meet our new baby!  I feel like I’m just “biding my time” until she arrives, and I know I should probably try to be more productive until she does.  I have very little energy, due to being this far along and also due to difficulties sleeping well.  My midwife told me to try and rest as much as I can, so I am trying to take naps each afternoon when possible.  I didn’t rest yesterday afternoon because I wanted to put away some more meals in the freezer.  I ended up making eight more meals!

I feel absolutely huge right now, though I don’t think I’m that much bigger than I was a week ago.  I do think I’m much lower than I was, so that may explain why my maternity clothes aren’t even fitting anymore and why I waddle everywhere.  Baby Mango is still quite active, but I think she might be starting to feel a little cramped.

I have lots of Braxton Hicks contractions each day.  I usually experience them for an hour or two several different times during the day (particularly in the evenings after dinner and again before bed).  My midwife told me that they are working to thin my cervix and prepare for real labor!

I have to keep repeating this mantra to myself: “I will not be pregnant forever… I will not be pregnant forever… I am super uncomfortable, but I am incredibly blessed to be pregnant. I will not be pregnant forever…“

Week thirty-nine with Vera.