37 Weeks

On August 20th, I hit the 37 week mark. I now weigh 164.6 so my total weight gain so far is 40.6 pounds. I am now on maternity leave which is nice. I'm still having some hip pain and contractions, but not as painful and I haven't had any cramping since the night during my 35th week. Sometimes my lower back gets achy, but I'm sure that is partly because I chase and carry an almost two year old around. At my doctor appointment this week, I found out that baby is at a -1 or -2 and baby's fundal height is somehow only 33 weeks. Baby's heartbeat sounds great and I am only a fingertip dilated, which I guess means about 1/2 centimeter. I was slightly disappointed because that means all that painful cramping did a whole lot of nothing, but I was mostly excited about it because it meant I could keep busy and have some more fun before the baby arrives. :)