It's February!

The last few weeks have been relatively uneventful. I go to the doctor's office every week now. Two weeks ago, she did the Group B Strep test on me, which I still haven't gotten the results from. She asked how I was feeling, and I told her I had been cramping and spotting, which she said was early "show." She measured my fundal height at 33, which meant that Jonah had dropped. She said all these things together meant that I was probably dilated, and he was well on his way! But then she checked me and said he wasn't dropped enough, so I wasn't dilated. What a bummer! She was so shocked. She just repeated over and over again how shocked she was that I wasn't dilated yet.

On Friday I woke up with a low grade fever (99.3). Thursday night I felt flush, but Aaron felt my head and said I felt fine. All Thursday night I had chills and was shivering. It was awful. But I knew I had another doctor's appointment scheduled for Friday afternoon, so I thought I'd wait it out. The doctor just listened to his heart beat, measured me, and felt for his head. He said his heart beat was great and that his head was really low. I asked if he was going to see if I was dilated, and he said no. It was a disappointing visit. I really don't like when doctors act as if they are too busy to see me and don't spend any time answering my questions. Maybe he does it a million times a day, but it is my first baby, so yes, I'd like you to check if I'm dilated even if it means nothing in terms of when Jonah will come. Do it for my peace of mind, dude! I didn't even have time to ask him about my fever, which thankfully only lasted a few hours, but still.

Teaching has been pretty difficult. Try as I might to stay seated most of the time, my students are so needy that I end up walking around for much of the labs. By the time I get home, it's hard to get out of the car. My back hurts, my feet and legs hurt and are swollen. It's awful. I also waddle more on those nights.

I'm sleeping ok, though some nights heart burn still comes to get me. I keep a bottle of Tums next to the bed. Now that he's dropped, I also have to get up and pee several times a night. I spend most of the day completely exhausted and often have to take a nap because I can't get through what I'm doing. I'm still cleaning a lot, but since most of the big stuff is taken care of, it's just little things like making sure the dishes are always clean and the floors are always vacuumed. Every other day or so I am real crampy. Friday night I had a TON of Braxton Hicks contractions, and Jonah was real fidgety. Then after awhile I had what I thought were real contractions, because they felt like menstrual cramps, but they were about 30 minutes apart. I decided to go to bed, thinking they'd wake me up when they got worse, but they actually just went away after I fell asleep. I actually thought that was it, because the doctor told me if I change positions and they stop, it's false labor. But I got off the couch, got ready for bed, and then got into bed and still felt them. But he's still not here, so I guess I was in false labor. Other than that, the only difference I've noticed is an increased irritability. For the most part, I haven't been nearly as emotional or irritable as I thought I'd be during this pregnancy, but it's starting to kick in now. Maybe my hormones are adjusting to get us ready for labor, or maybe it's how big I am, or maybe it's just my anxiety. Either way, it's so annoying! Poor Aaron, too! Speaking of how big I am, I've gained about 30 pounds now. My weight gain was so slow until these past two weeks, and he's really picking up the pace now!

Aaron and I have picked out a pediatrician, and I installed the car seat today. Talk about tricky! I hope I did it right! His room is all set up and ready. I just have a terrible feeling I'm forgetting something.

Now that it is February, and he is officially full term, I can't help but wake up and wonder if today will be the day. Ugh, I am so impatient!