36 Weeks!

Well, technically tomorrow I will hit 36 weeks but I'll be working all day and won't have time to blog. One more week and I'm considered full-term, one and a half weeks and the babies will be here! Crazy! Here's a picture of fraternal twins in the womb at 36 weeks, I still have a hard time believing that's inside of me!
I'm continually amazed that I can still grow larger. Well over a month ago, I thought that surely I couldn't get any bigger. Boy was I wrong! I feel like I grow another inch every day! The doctor stopped measuring me this week because my uterus is lodged so far under my rib cage that she can no longer feel the top of it. I guess that's a sign that I've grown as large as can be lengthwise and can only get wider from here on out. Thank goodness there's not long left!

I can tell I've hit the homestretch because the exhaustion has returned and the heartburn and discomfort have hit new levels. Not only do I wake up 3 times each night to go to the bathroom but I've also started waking up because, even though I'm exhausted, I can't sleep due to the discomfort of lying there. Even sleeping on my side is no longer comfortable since I have to prop pillows under my stomach to hold my belly up. Poor Brandon, he's practically falling off the bed due to the 5 pillows that I now sleep with, wedged all around me. One to prop by belly up, one behind my back, 2 for my head and a huge couch cushion between my legs. I was lucky enough to be in the extremely small minority of pregnant women that didn't have any problems sleeping on my back until recently, now the weight of my belly makes that too uncomfortable as well. I've begun waking up at 3 or 4 am and taking a bath to relieve the itchiness and to relax so that I can fall back asleep. The hot water relieves the soreness and muscle aches and the oatmeal soothes my skin rash. This usually helps alot and afterwards I can crawl back into bed, arrange my pillows all around me, and finally fall asleep.

Not too much longer now though, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! In just 12 days (or less) I will be a mom!!