We're Getting Big!

Hello! I've reached the "I feel like a whale" stage. I just do. It gets hard to breathe sometimes and I am trying hard not to waddle. I went to the doctor today and he measured her head during a short ultrasound, and she is about 4lbs 14ozs right now...and I have SEVEN MORE WEEKS TO GO!! Holy Crap! How big is she going to get?! So, that's interesting...
She is head down right now, which is good. I'm very relieved about that, last week she was sideways and I was disappointed that I may have to have a section, but right now that is not in the plan.
Our childbirth classes are going well and we are making some friends. Last week during a labor exercise, we were practicing going through a contraction, and breathing and all that when our teacher wanted the girls to get on our hands and knees and arch our back to relieve any back pressure. She then instructed the guys to kneel behind us...yeah, it gets better...and place their hands on the sides of our hips and buttocks to push in and up to help with the pressure. Great. Toby tries this on me and it did work well to relieve the pressure. But apparently, the instructor thought he did great as well and announced it for everyone to look at Toby because he was doing it right...and all eyes turn to my bootie in the air...what a great moment. I laughed it off and prayed that my ever expanding butt still looked cute in my maternity jeans. Oh well.
My to-do list is gradually getting shorter, but I am learning that when I get tired, I need to just sit down, lie down or take a nap and not feel bad about it. The stuff will get done eventually. One thing I am excited about is that her room is pretty much ready on my end. Curtains are up and pillows are fluffed, all I need now is the bounty from the showers that will soon begin to fill it up. It looks cute. On my pee breaks every two hours in the middle of the night, I sometimes wander in and look around her room and try to grasp how soon she will be with us. I am getting excited to meet her. How very soon, I will go in to that room and watch my daughter sleeping, hopefully, and let the reality that she belongs to us sink in, in all the terror and wonder that that thought brings.
Now is definitely a time of mixed emotions. I am allowing myself to enjoy it. Toby is talking to her more, and rubbing my belly. He can feel her moving more and more. She is stretching a lot because I guess she is starting to realize that she is getting a little cramped in there, her almost 5lbs self! This time is good right now whether I can get a good deep breath in or not. I am going to be surrounded by my family and friends and supported by my amazing husband on this new road of life. I think I'm ready, as much as I can be. But I really just can't wait to meet her and see her sweet face for the first time. It will be so good and so sweet...