Home stretch

I have about 2 weeks left until I get induced on April 11. My due date is April 16. I am dilated to a 3, my back hurts and I am chocking on my own saliva, which I do not quite understand. I headed to the magic chiropractor yesterday to get all put together for delivery, and I have everything I need for the big day except a few picture frames and 2 ipod docs to finish decorating the girls' rooms before the big day. I figure I have to do it now because nesting ends the minute he baby pops out, and it will be another few years before I care again.

So far the end of this pregnancy has not been nearly as bad as the end of other other two. I'll have aches and pains, but they only last a day or so. With the other pregnancies, once something started to hurt, it hurt until the very end. This baby is way low, so I do not have any pain in my ribs, which is really nice. The baby moves a lot, but not too much. (I remember crying in the bath tub every night with McKenna because she would not stop moving.) So, in general, I am just really excited to have my baby. At night, I miss her, and I am already excited to wake up with her in the night and to listen to audiobooks together while I nurse.

I have slowed down on my media intake, which has happen at the end with all 3 babies. I like things to be nice and quiet before and after the baby comes and so I because very sensitive to loud or obnoxious TV and movies. I've been reading a book called, "The Anatomy of the Spirit," which I love, and listening to a lot of primary church music with the girls.

Tim and I agreed on a new budget for me the other day, and I hate it. Like I said, I only decorate my house every few years right before a baby comes. I NEED MONEY TO DECORATE! I spent $73 at Hobby Lobby yesterday and did not even get the picture frames I went there for. I bought a few decorations for the house and some bows and headbands for the baby. I could not help myself. If it was pink, I had to buy it.

I have not been super hungry for the last few days. I have whole days where I have to remind myself to eat ... which is not usually my style. I guess there is just no more room in there.

My hips do not hurts nearly as badly as they did with the other girls. I can sleep pretty well through the night. But I do get really thirsty at night sometimes, and I can not get enough water. Sometimes I lay there, and I then I am grateful to have to go to the bathroom because I can get some water on the way. I can't just sit up to drink water because I feel like a beached whale and it takes a lot of energy to bend my abs. So I am grateful for the bathroom breaks.

This baby gets in the hiccups like crazy. I don't love it. I think it makes me feel like I have air in my abdomen, and I don't like the regular pattern of the hiccups, but at least I know she is alive and well. No complaints there.

So basically I am uncomfortable from my belly button to my mid-thighs, with some heartburn to boot. But I am happy and feeling a lot of peace in my life (even though I totally yelled at my girls today for hiding from me at Wal-Mart. I still feel really badly about it.)

Come on, Baby Lizza, come join us!!!