38 weeks-Getting Ready

38 weeks is finally here. We could be in the "anytime" zone now. We have the birth pool ready and Daddy and the boys have worked out a convenient system for filling and emptying the pool for me. The above video demonstrates their good ole' Aggie engineering. Everyone is getting excited about the baby arriving soon. Kathlena likes to swim in "baby Shiflet's pool" and so does Mommy. The birth pool is so comfy and wonderful to get into at this stage of the pregnancy. I think I would recommend one for every pregnant Mom to have at the end even if you do not intend to have a home or water birth.

I am still feeling pretty good. Just harder to move around and my hips and joints feel so loose! I am very thankful for my compression hose though...they have been a great source of comfort and energy. They are called a second heart helping with circulation to your legs. I definitely would have these on my list as a must have if you have any circulatory issues such as varicose veins. I am still sleeping well which is a huge blessing as I am sure sleep will be in short supply here before too long.

We have set record high "low" temperatures this week. I have to laugh as it seems with each of my pregnancies there have been record unseasonable warm temps. I am looking forward to the cool weather coming and hoping the change in temp will spur on this little ones arrival.

I have been asked if I am having twins to which I reply "No, just one really big one" I am hoping that I do not go over 10lbs. Emily was 8.1 and JMichael was 9.0lbs so hopefully the trend does not continue up so rapidly! The baby is still moving around quite a bit just doesn't have as much room to do his/her acrobatics he/she was doing last month. I am frequently asked if it is a boy or girl. All along it has really been a mystery to me. I am not sure if it is that I have been told so many times that it is a boy that is making me lean that direction, but of late I have started to think it will be a boy. Although, I am not giving up on the idea of a girl for Kathlena. We will have so much fun either way and soon the mystery will be solved.