10 WEEKS TO GO!

Oh my gosh, I cannot believe that I am going to deliver in 10 weeks! Every time I start thinking about it, I start freaking out. I am wondering if that is normal and why it is that I am freaking out. I mean, is it that we are still without some big important things like a stroller and our car seat? Is it that we are still without our bedding and changing table? Jordan and my grandfather are building the table this month and my grandmother and I are making the bedding this month too. So, I can cross that off our list. We are getting the carpets cleaned this month too so that is another thing off our list. My parents are being AWESOME and buying us our car seat and we have the money for the stroller too. So, really, why am I freaking out??? I guess it could be that I will be going into the unfamiliar territory soon. I have now decided that I will be getting an epidural. I was not so sure at first, but now that I am so anxious about the labor I have decided that I will be getting it. I will not be using some of that anesthesiologists they have at ETMC. There is one that has a hard time giving them without leaking any spinal fluid. Talk about not helping the anxious right??? Well, anyways, we went to see our doctor today for our first semi-weekly visit. We are currently meeting all the doctors in the practice and so far we have loved all of them. They are very comforting and answer any and all questions that we have as well as asking us questions of anything I should be experiencing and then further telling me why I am feeling or having any of those type of changes. So, lately I have started having contractions. They were first starting after I would do ZUMBA and then this weekend and on through the week, they have gotten more common. When I had several in a row on Monday, I called the nurse. She said that it could be normal to start feeling them. I have also been feeling some pain in my upper leg. Some times the pain makes it really hard for me to walk and I end up limping. She said that was normal too from the pressure of the baby. We talked to the doctor about all of this today again and she said that quote on quote, "It was time to start acting pregnant." I am supposed to stop rushing and walk slow, get up slow, and no sudden movements. All of that increases the pain and contractions and that I need to drink lots and lots of water. If you know me, this will all be really hard! I had to say goodbye to teaching ZUMBA for the rest of the pregnancy. I wanted to go all through May, and drinking lots and lots of water is really hard for me. As for the check up, she said the heartbeat was great... 146. HAHA, she had a hard time finding the baby. She is so high up and she was trying to get the heartbeat low in my belly. We go back again in 2 weeks!