39 Weeks

How far along? 39 Weeks 3 days

Baby Length:  About 20 inches long

Baby Weight:  A bit over 7 lbs

Baby weighs as much as: A Mini Watermelon
Weight gain/loss:  Somehow I have managed to lose a few pounds this week.  I am down about 3 lbs which puts my total pregancy gain at this point right around 30 lbs.  Maybe it will stay there.  I can live with 30 lbs since the average gain is 25-35 lbs.  I'm okay being average.
Maternity clothes? I pick my favorites and stick with them.  At this point the bump is big enough that I am living in 2 pairs of jeans that work and a few comfy maternity henley's.  The temperature is supposed to drop and I don't have any cold weather clothes at the rental so I'll have to figure something out then.

Stretch marks?  Still no.  Although my stomach gets red and itchy sometimes so I am trying my best not to scratch since I know that can bring on the stretch marks.

Sleeping? I could sleep until noon these days!  I do get up about 4 times a night, and I still roll with my favorite BB&B body pillow from side to side about every 45 minutes, but I'm actually feeling better this week than I did a couple weeks ago.

Best moment this week :  Bed Bath and Beyond Corporate saw that I had sent back 2 replacement Uppababy Vista strollers (because the replacements had more issues than the original that showed up on our porch with the bent frame).  A lady called to apologize and see if there was anything they could do for me.  Then proceeded to tell me that they wanted to refund me the amount of the stroller - even though I'm keeping the bent stroller.  What??!  If you insist!  What amazing customer service!  She was so apologetic that I had to go through the return/exchange process a few times that she felt I deserved the $$$$ stroller for free.  I did spend alot of money at Buy Buy Baby with this registry, but I think that is still way above and beyond what could be expected of a company.  I'm thrilled.
Miss anything?  Laying on the beach in a bikini drinking a Cadillac Margarita in Wailea, Maui.  My cousin Katie just got back from a 2 week honeymoon in Maui/Kauai and it really made me jealous of her. ;)

Feel any movement?  The movement comes and goes.  I try not to worry about that too much since I do think the baby is just running out of room.  Some days there isn't much going on in there and other days the baby is going crazy.  Hopefully, everything is just fine in there.  They are doing a NST (non stress test) on the baby next week at my 40 week appt to make sure the little Nashable is still thriving.
Anything making you queasy or sick:  I just can't eat very much these days without getting so full that I feel sick.  And I can't seem to not eat too much.  I'm just good at eating alot I guess.  I'm not really that hungry during the morning and day, but come nighttime, I just feel like snacking...and baking something sweet.  I hope this passes when the pregnancy is over!
Gender:  Throughout my pregnancy I've gotten mostly "it's definitely a girl" guesses based on how I look and how I'm carrying.  Now that the baby has started to drop, I've begun to get alot of "oh, that is certainly a boy" guesses.  Until I tell them that I am due next Monday.  They are then shocked that I am full term, and change their position to "well then, I'm sure its a girl."  Who knows!
Labor Signs: Barely any!!!  I have a cramp or contraction here and there, and I do have some nights where my stomach still does the tightening up like a rock thing...but for the most part I'm feeling pretty good.  My doctor does not believe that anything good happens after your due date so I suspect it's going to be a little bit of a battle to push him to not induce me next week.
Symptoms:  Some swelling at night, achy feet, achy belly.  Some nausea here and there.  Otherwise, feeling good!!
Belly Button?  As the baby has dropped I do feel that my belly button has popped out more.  It really does look weird, so I am hoping when Baby Nash is out it will pop right back in.  I know some friends who have told me theirs never was quite the same.
Wedding rings? Off till A.B. (After baby). 
Happy or Moody?  I'm moody.  I wish I could be a little more relaxed and excited, but all the uncertainty with our housing situation makes it impossible.  So the new house is coming along, but won't be ready for another 2 weeks.  Which would be fine if we could stick with what we thought was the plan and stay in our rental until 11/14 as agreed upon with our landlord.  However, she was in Atlanta "speed walking" in Decatur - we came to find out she does competitive walking I guess - and fell and injured her hip.  She was going to fly home to Michigan to recover but then changed her mind and wants to stay here because she likes her Doctor better.  And now wants us out of her house ASAP (she feels bad about being an "Indian giver" as she said) so that she can recover here.  Hmmm.  I'm due on Monday and this lady wants to kick us out so she can mend her hip - after agreeing to let us stay.  Nice.