32 weeks!

Well, we've entered into the land of not much sleep because I have contractions all night long.

This time around, however, I know better than to think that means I'll be having a baby anytime soon.  LUCKILY.  At 32 weeks, obviously, I want this baby to stay put for quite awhile longer.

With Adalyn, these nightly contractions started somewhere in the 36th week and I "went into labor" almost every night until she was born just a few days shy of her due date.  I remember thinking all the false labor was going to be the death of me.  Maybe this time it'll be a little easier because I have come to expect my body to do this weird prodromal labor thing.  It must just be how I do pregnancy.

But I'm tired!  Man.

My nesting instinct still hasn't kicked back in and I'm not sure it will.  I think I'm one of those early nesters who fizzles out.  There's not much left to prepare for baby other than to buy more cloth diapers and make sure everything is washed and buy our birth kit.  This has been such a low-stress preparation for baby.  I wonder if it gets less stressful each time?

I was just thinking today how I'm 6 weeks away from that exciting time.  Something about the 38th week gets so exciting.  At that point, you know baby can come at any time (Ben came in the 38th week, Adalyn in the 39th) and it's half exhausting and half exhilarating.  You become so in-tune to your body, wondering if any little twitch, cramp or weird sensation could mean labor is impending.  I have quite the love-hate relationship with those last few weeks.  With Ben, it was awesome.  I expected to be late, so when he came 10 days early with my water breaking and a quick labor, it was just perfect.  I was expecting to not only be late, but to have no idea when I was actually in labor and then have it drag on for days.  With Adalyn, having been told that she would be so early and then having prodromal labor for weeks, by the time she did come along, I was exhausted.  My money is on this one being just as exhausting as those last weeks with Adalyn, but I guess I should be more glass-half-full than that, huh?

Without further adieu, I decided to put together all the pregnancy pictures thus far.  You know, for a more dramatic effect.  :)