When you put it that way...

Ryan really wants me to just get induced tomorrow. He's "ready to have someone to play with."
His reasoning that I should get induced now is because he assumes I'm just miserable for the following reasons:
I can't eat hot dogs
I can't eat lunch meat
I can't drink alcohol
Acid reflux all day long, especially at night
I wake up every 2 hours to pee
I can only sleep on my left side
My stomach contracts
My feet and legs are swollen
I can't go to the lake
Well, when you put it that way, I do sound miserable, but actually I'm not. I'm still doing quite good! For some reason, I've slept a lot better the last few nights. I still wake up the same amount, but I've been able to fall in to deep enough sleeps to have dreams. I feel more rested.

To reduce my swelling, I've tried to increase water intake and I also went to Forest Ridge swimming pool. I look like a beached whale, but getting in the water does something for the swelling. The nurse commented how the pressure of the water against my swelling helps. While I was in the water, I did numerous leg lifts to get the fluid in my legs to move back up my body and distribute evenly. It worked!!! Plus, I got a tan.

The baby is still ALWAYS kicking on my right side. Although I do know he is a lot farther down than he has been in weeks past. I tend to sit very un-ladylike to accommodate for the lower belly. I'm sure I'm looking more like a waddler when I walk.

Chief continues to sleep on the floor by my side of the bed. He always used to sleep under the window on the other side of the bedroom. I think it's because he's being protective and that he does have a sense of what's in my stomach. I can't wait to see if he will sleep in the baby room after the baby is born. Ahh, the years to come where the baby will be a toddler running around the yard with Chief and probably pulling on his tail to play. So cute.

My doctor appointment is on Monday, then they become weekly. I'm 34 weeks right now. Birthing and breastfeeding classes are over. My baby shower with friends is tomorrow and the hospital tour and registration is in a week! The countdown has begun, although I still can't even fathom what it's going to be like to have a baby. It still doesn't seem real. I haven't been one to talk to my baby, while he's been in my belly. It's just so unreal still!