Mrs Kioski

I have shown several of these signs of labor since this last weekend. My midwife says we are getting close!

I can just feel that this baby is ready to come out soon; it never stops moving! i think my weight gain has peaked due to bed rest and Edrie’s diet. it feels so great not to be so bloaded any more, but i dont like lying around all day though.
I start school again this next Wednesday and i really dont want to do it, but i know i need to. it is going to be miserable to start out the school year going into labor sometime. i am not going to feel up to doing anything. the only plus is that i dont actually have to go anywhere for school because im taking online classes. this next semester is not going to be easy.

Mike and I have been spending the last few days living in his parents’ condo. It has been great! We feel like we are living in a hotel. Im so thankful that we were able to do this because we have not been able to go on a honeymoon yet. this isnt a honeymoon, but it feels close to one. plus, it is a great thing to do right before the baby comes. it is also soooo wonderful to cook in a real kitchen again with all the utensils i need.
being at the condo also gives us some more time to get a new air mattress. ours sprung a leak and is trash. we managed to find a really nice one on Craigs List. but at the moment have no way of transporting it anywhere. it’s extremely important that we have something to sleep on besides the couch because i am due so soon. i feel like a giant beach ball that cant get comfortable no matter how hard i try. my feet swell up often during the day making it hard to walk. the miracle of life is a hard thing to go through.

My swollen feet are driving me nuts. They are itchy all the time, but fortunately they are not in pain. I cannot wait until our little baby comes and all this swelling will go down. The third trimester is turning out to be the hardest one. I woke up 3x last night to get food. I am so thankful that I am taking prenatal vitamins, because otherwise i would need to eat all the time. id literally always have celery in one hand and a steak in the other. also, mike would have to give me many more massages. i need the calcium in the prenatals to keep my back strong and painless. there is no way i could drink enough milk to get all the calcium i need.
I was talking with my mother in-law the other day about the benefits of taking fish oil while you are pregnant. along with breastfeeding, fish oil will make your child much smarter. it will also help your baby learn to walk and crawl more quickly. it has also helped control my raring emotions. im really glad that Edrie told me about fish oil and i cant wait to see it’s effect on the baby! it’s an especially good solution for someone who doesnt like fish. my former midwives told me that i need to be getting the nutrients from fish and this seems to be the best way for me to do it.