Perfektly Mary

I’m sorry my posting has been so infrequent.  It usually drops off for me during the third trimester.

Can you believe it….She’s almost here!  Last week at my midwife apt. she said, see you in two weeks. Two weeks?! We’re to that point already? She smiled, put her hand on my shoulder and said “Mary, we were at that point last month, but you missed your appointments”.  Doh.  Seriously, I think I’ve only been to something like 4 appointments this entire pregnancy.  It’s not that I don’t take it seriously, or I’m not interested…Oh how I am, I mean the routine of get weighed, pee in a cup (which Christian spilled at the last apt), BP, “drinking lots of water?” No. “You should” I know; and measuring is fascinating…but it’s so hard to keep the appointments with all of the other things going on.

I remember with Maddie how I would prep for every single prenatal appointment with shaving my legs, pits and other places (just in case they look downtown). I’d pick my cutest maternity outfit, lather on the belly butter and sit dreamily in the waiting room with Dustin as we anxiously awaited our baby being the center of attention for 15 minutes.

This pregnancy when I manage to make the appointments I go with two toddlers in tow, yesterday’s eye liner smudged under my eyes (hoping they think it’s the smoky look), hairy legs and oh my gosh, did I remember to put on a bra? …. Whew!

Despite how different life is this time around, I’ve still managed to get so attached to this little one inside me. I never bore of pulling up my shirt and staring at my belly as she makes it dance around. She’s the most active out of all of them. I swear she’s doing jumping jacks in there.

I’m really big this time too. I’m already bigger than the day I gave birth to Christian and I have two months to go!  Other things are ..um…different too.  Like when I squat to get a toy I feel like my cervix is going to fall out. I’m also having contractions! I have about 6 good contractions a day.  I had Braxton Hicks with the other two, but they were usually in the top part of my uterus and not that noticeable. This time, they feel like early labor. The contractions start at the top of my uterus and pull and tighten their way down and then SQUEEZE.  I’m thankful for them though. It makes me hopeful that this time around my body will not treat labor like a VBAC but a normal vaginal delivery and be much, much, shorter.

I’m hoping to take some belly shots soon, and then I’ll share them.  Oh, and I’ve been a scrappin’ fool the past few weeks. I’ve got to scan in my pages and show you what I’ve been up to.