On pregnancy

Well, here's the last pregnant picture I took of myself.  It was at 37 weeks, and, ironically, I thought I was at the VERY end of my pregnancy.  Little did I know I would be sitting here at 41 weeks, ONE MONTH LATER, with still no baby. Oh well.  He will be here tomorrow and I am ready, to say the least.

And in case you missed it on facebook, here is the now famous "Push Cake" that my great friend Amy made me on my due date. Although we managed to eat the whole thing is less than a week, it did not help Baby Boy Schubert come at all.  Neither did the free reflexology session that my friend Michelle did on me.  Neither did the walking several miles a day, riding my bike at 40.5wks pregnant, chasing Adelaide around at Open Gym, lifting heavy items, walking up and down the stairs many times a day, or the number of other things I tried.  The Push Cake sure was good though.

 

Notes on this pregnancy:

- The heartburn was baaaad. If there is any truth to the wives tale that it has to do with how much hair he has, then he will definitely at least as much hair as Adelaide had. 

- Without any specific embarrassing numbers, I gained 18lbs LESS this time than I did with Adelaide (check out my face in this pic). I am pretty happy about this. I think it is partly due to being at home and being more active as opposed to sitting at a desk at work [eating] all day, and partly just due to this pregnancy being different. I haven't been as sick, therefore haven't felt the need to eat as much, and I think I just grew differently with this boy.

- My favorite treats this pregnancy have been McDonald's iced coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts. mmmmmm. hopefully I can keep those up for a little while I'm breastfeeding... right?!?

- At 35wks, this boy already measured 6lbs 4oz.  If he gained the potential .5lbs/week in the last couple weeks, then we are about to meet a BIG baby.

- I keep referring to "him" as "Baby Boy Schubert" and in other general terms, as if it will be a big surprise when we announce the name.  In reality, Jason and I have told the name to anyone, friend or stranger, who has asked, and Jason has been referring to "him" by name on facebook for weeks.  Maybe some of you will still be surprised when we give the big announcement tomorrow.

Well, I certainly have better things to be doing than blogging at 8:30pm when we have to leave the house at 4am tomorrow.  The next post will be the one we have all (especially me!) been waiting for!  Can't wait for you all to meet our little man with us!