36 weeks

(I totally didn't realize that I wore this exact same outfit two weeks ago! Pregnant brain!)

How far along: 36 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Up 45 pounds

Maternity clothes: I can only fit in 5-6 shirts now. That really sucks!

Stretch marks: Same ones!

Sleep: Some nights are really bad, some nights are not as bad. Tylenol PM helps a little.

Best moment this week: Just knowing that I'm inching toward having this baby!

Movement: I think he has slowed down just a bit.

Food cravings: This is weird, but I've really been in to water lately! I used to hate water!

Gender: Boy

Labor signs: Contractions every day. We went to the hospital Tuesday with contractions AND we just got back from the hospital again with contractions! (More on that below!)

Belly button in or out: Out!

What I miss: I would SO love a Red Bull right now.

What I am looking forward to: HAVING THIS BABY!!!

Weekly wisdom: I hope you have a good husband! You are going to need one when you get so huge and swollen that you can't put your socks on anymore!

Milestone: 9 months pregnant!

Hospital trip #2:

So ever since I went to the hospital Tuesday, I've been having contractions every day. Nothing serious, but they are there. This morning, I noticed them starting around 8:30am. They continued through Sunday school and towards the end of class, they started to get worse. Once we went to big church (around 10:45am) I decided that I better start timing the contractions. Once I started timing them, they came ever 2-3 minutes! Church ended around 11:45am and I was still having a contraction every 2 minutes. They weren't very painful, so we decided to go eat lunch to see if they continued. They did. I figured that I wasn't really going into labor because the contractions didn't hurt that bad, but I didn't understand why they were staying in a consistent pattern. I called my doctor and he said that it was probably not the real deal, but he wanted me to go to the hospital anyway to be monitored, just to be sure.

So Brad loaded the car down and we headed to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, my contractions got worse. At that point, I started thinking that maybe this was really it! We got to the hospital and the nurse hooked me up. I had one contraction and then.......nothing. NOTHING for an HOUR. Seriously?!?!? I am so PISSED! The nurse checked me and said that I was dilated a 'dimple', so basically nothing. I'm still about 60% effaced. So we were sent home and we didn't even get out of the hospital parking lot and I started having a contraction! WHAT THE CRAP!!!! I think it has something to do with me sitting upright. I don't really know. But I am NOT going back to that hospital unless I am hurting so bad I can't walk! I hate thinking that I am that patient that keeps going to the hospital for nothing.

So I'm taking it easy for the rest of the afternoon. I go back to the doctor on Thursday and HOPEFULLY I will have dilated some then!

And I know I promised that eviction post last week. I will get to that next week-promise! AND we finally finished the nursery and put the carseat in the car. I will post on that soon, too!