Welcome to day 1 week 1 of month 9! We could have a baby anytime in the next 4 short weeks!! Blows my mind! We have come so far! Its so crazy to think about.

Mamas who are due around me are starting to have their babies. Hard to believe that it could soon be our turn. We could have a new baby anytime in the next few weeks. I don’t know if I’m more terrified or excited. Have some serious anxiety though. Trying to slow down and relax and enjoy these last few weeks with my big girl before she becomes a big sister. Still going to chiropractic and massage to help my body and work on my hips and back.
My phe levels are still stable at 2.5 mg/DL so i haven’t had any increases in my tolerance . I’ve been tested for B12 deficiency but the results came back normal. Apparently on the report the Anesthesiologist sent to my midwife said that I had a b12 deficiency but that was the first anyone on my team had heard about it so not really sure where he got that information. For some reason the same report also said that I cant have the ” gas” while in labour if I need pain management.  Not that I was planning to. I tried it once with Madelyn and didn’t do anything for me but give me a bit of a headache so wasn’t planning on using it again anyways but just thought that was weird.

Other then that things have been going well. My health is pretty good and pretty stable.

There is not really much to say this week. Everything is just stable and now its just a waiting game.  i’m starting to feel more pressure so baby is moving . She will push her legs and feet into my organs and arch her back so my belly pushes out and stretches to one side. She is so strong and active. I can be doing something and she will start moving and stretching out so much that it stretches and moves my whole belly. It looks like shes trying to break out and rather alien. Other people can see it to and I get comments on it. Its getting to the point where its uncomfortable .  she is way more active and stronger then i remember Madelyn being.  I actually asked my midwife if she should be slowing down soon but i guess she could continue to be this active the hole time.  Makes me wonder what she will be like when she gets here. I try to keep track of movements and patters because they say when she is most active now is when she will mostly likely be awake after but their is really no pattern. she is very active! specially after dinner in the evenings, when i have a bath and sometimes after breakfast. So really i have no idea what her sleeping habits will be like other then the crazy normal newborns.  I am scared of labour and the pain and giving birth but im even more scared of being so exhausted and having an newborn and a toddler and still making sure my toddlers needs are met, that i dont loose my patience with her and give her what she needs to be happy and adjust.

Here is what babycenter.ca has to say about week 36

Your baby is still gaining weight — about an ounce/ 28 grams a day. She weighs nearly 6 pounds/ 2.7 kilograms and is 19 inches/ 45 centimetres long from head to toe.

You may begin to feel an increased pressure in your lower abdomen and notice that your baby is gradually dropping. This is called lightening or engagement, and your lungs and stomach will finally get a chance to stretch out a little — breathing and eating should become easier. However, walking may become increasingly uncomfortable — some women say it feels as if the baby is going to fall out. Also, you may still feel as if you need to go to the loo all the time. Stock up on those last minute nutrients with oureating well guide.

thats all for this week!