Could it be?

I've decided that everything about pregnancy is really just a mystery. For every symptom that could be one thing, it could just as easily be something else! :)

• Swelling in one leg: it could be a blood clot, or it could be completely normal.
• Pain in your lower abdomen before 37 weeks: it could be preterm labor, or the baby might just be positioned akwardly.
• Dilated 1 cm: you could go into labor tonight, or it could be 4 more weeks.
• And my latest... what feels like menstrual cramps nearly all day: definitely the onset of early labor, but still... it could take hours, it could take days, it could take weeks.

So while it's definitely hard not to wonder and try to figure out what's going on, I am definitely learning to just make mental notes, and keep on waiting. :) It's not like I really have another option anyway. But.. talk about making a girl crazy! What gets me through: No matter what, BabyW will DEFINITELY be here within the next 4 weeks. Guaranteed. I'd rather it be more like 4 days, but the end is definitely in sight! :)

One fat ankle & One REALLY, REALLY fat ankle!

Tomorrow, BabyW will officially be full-term (37 weeks) and we're excited for him to come whenever he's ready! Well... actually we're hoping he'll come sometime between July 3-17th... or I guess this week would be okay too, but as much as we're "ready," I'm hoping he'll wait until July. My dad has to fly to Seattle June 29-July 2nd and then Mike's family leaves on July 18th for their cruise to Alaska! No pressure baby. :)

I'll be going to the doctor today and hope to hear that things are continuing to move forward and progressing. I'll also be hoping to find out that everything is fine with my super fat right ankle. It's weird. I actually have not had much swelling at all, but every so often, just my right ankle gets really fat. This time it's stayed that way for several days. I wouldn't think anything of it if both ankles were the same, but there's a significant difference. I did call the nurses line yesterday just to make sure I didn't need to be seen sooner, and she said as long as there was no pain or redness, I could wait until today, but that I need to stay off of my feet and lay on my left side. Well... that wasn't exactly possible yesterday as I had to work and then it was Justine's birthday and we had plans to go out to dinner for the night. But I did let Mike drop me off at the door and I am going to try really hard to just take it easy tonight after work. :) Happy Birthday Aunt Stiney. My "little" sister is really 27? Wow, when did we get so old?

Well that's pretty.

What do you get when you cross a 7-months pregnant woman with 90 degree weather and a super-busy weekend? CANKLES!!! (you know, when your ankles are so fat that it looks like your feet are just connected directly to your calves)

So this is what being in my 3rd trimester during the summer will feel like... oh boy! When I saw Justine on Saturday afternoon, she just burst out laughing and pointing at my newly swollen ankles. I hadn't even noticed yet, but sure enough... they're fat as can be! Gotta love the honesty of sisters! I'm just hoping the SPRING weather will return and give me some relief! But I guess I should just expect everything to get huge from this point on...