36 weeks

I had my 36 week checkup on Wednesday, this time with an honest-to-goodness doctor (the medical group I use has you see a nurse practitioner until 36 weeks for low-risk, normal pregnancies).

The doctor was very pleasant and professional, and explained everything she was doing - I had to have a certain routine swab taken and she was very kind about it. I'm measuring right on schedule for my due date, and she felt around my stomache and said the baby's head is down where it should be.

I would say I'm definitely feeling very pregnant these past few days. I'm swelling a lot more in my legs, feet and hands (but my blood pressure was fine, so it' s just normal late-term swelling). My hands hurt when I wake up because of the swelling, and my contacts don't seem to be fitting as well as they used to. Things are blurry, which makes driving at nirght interesting. That's another normal problem, according to "What to Expect When You're Expecting." The left hip pain and occasional morning sickness are still problems, too, and I'm not sleeping very well. Neither is Stace, for that matter.
It's all God's way of getting mom to the point of readiness for labor, I guess. (As in, Get this baby out of me!)
I'll see the doctor again next Wednesday.