2 More weeks!

Only two more weeks (or plus two more, max) before your baby makes his or her appearance. And what an adorable appearance that will be! Your little one isn't so little anymore — weighing in at close to seven pounds and hitting the height charts at the 21-inch mark (or less).

As you prepare (best you can) for baby's ETA, he or she is also getting ready, big time. Vernix and lanugo continue to shed from your baby's body into the amniotic fluid. Your baby swallows that amniotic fluid (yum yum?) and some of it winds up in his or her intestines where it — along with other shed cells, bile, and other waste products (triple yum) — will turn into your baby's first bowel movement (meconium) and perhaps your first diaper change.

Your baby's lungs continue to mature as more and more surfactant is secreted (remember — it helps prevent the lungs from sticking to each other when your baby begins to breathe…definitely a good thing). All systems, almost go!

I feel sick again today. Not as bad as the last time, but my throat is very itchy and sore, I have so much congestion going on and NOW I have crap seeping from my eye. sheesh. And all I can do is take Tylenol and wash my eye out with saline solution. yay.

Ok I have to say that I have NEVER gotten such a huge response from my last two posts! haha! People are freaking out about my progress! It's crazy! Let me just say, again for some, I haven't had the baby and am not having the baby... yet! Although, I do believe that if I don't have the baby by this weekend I will next week. Now I may be getting my hopes up, but I really do believe this baby is coming early. But we'll see. I do experience some cramp like pains here and there but again, nothing regular and nothing that lasts. My sciatic still gets the best of me but I think of it as her making her way down into my pelvis getting ready and all that pressure kills my sciatic.

I tried to do more walking today after work, but I don't know if it was enough. But I did get my books recommended by the pediatrician for breastfeeding and child care. So I'm excited about that. I was going to get my diaper bag too, but they didn't have any. :( I know, I don't have one yet? Well I didn't like all the ones that were out there at the time we registered because they were either TOO diaper bag like or very girly or very boyish. I wanted something that didn't look like a diaper bag and was just stylish for me to carry, BUT inexpensive. Well I noticed one a couple of weeks ago that's new that I like and it's only $25! So I added it to my registry b/c I can get 10% off things on my registry after the due date. BUT, I wanted it now. haha... too bad b/c they ran out. Guess it's popular. They have the other patterns, but I like the zebra one better. hehe... I want to try and be as stylish as possible even though I'll look like hell for awhile after I have the baby! But anyway, that was all the walking I did. Around Barnes and Noble and Babies R Us. Maybe I'll try to do more tomorrow. Maybe. hahaha... hard to imagine that while at this very moment my sciatic is killing me and I'm not even putting any weight on it. And ooo... I just got a look at my legs and are they SHINY! So swollen my skin tight and shiny. haha! It's weird when you can leave imprints on your legs. I'm ready to have this baby already. haha! Pray for me!!! Maybe I'll go into labor tonight. haha! Probably not. Maybe by the weekend? Let's hope so!