so here we are, at 36 weeks along.
like my recent posts illustrate, i can hardly believe it. i can hardly believe i’m pregnant to begin with – it’s such a surreal thing, i still catch myself forgetting sometimes too (which is totally crazy).
this past fortnight has brought on the first onset on stretchmarks, and the start of prelabour symptoms. braxton hicks has become more painful, more frequent, more uncomfortable. my cramps are getting stronger and lasting all day now, which makes me reach for the hot water bottle constantly and bend over in pain (which is usually how my cramps go anyway). i know these things can last the entire last month, so i’m taking it in stride and not worrying too much. (i think the ‘amping up’ might have something to do with the raspberry leaf tea i’ve started to drink lately).
my hands feel like they’re 89 years old – my fingertips have gone completely numb like i’ve burnt them, and i will grimace in pain whenever i hold anything heavier than the tv remote. i really hope that they’re right – and this one is temporary…
but other than that, we’re doing well and looking forward to what this next month brings us. i’ve been reading up on alot of birth stories – the good and the bad. i know i can’t predict what is going to happen, but it makes me remember that it all ends the same way – we all get our beautiful new babies in the end!