36 Weeks

{WARNING: TMI, GRAPHIC POST}

Tomorrow marks the date I made it with Keaton. 36wk + 2. Lordy... I sure hope we can make it to 37wks. I mean that as far as physical pain. The past 4 or 5 days have been extreme constipation, I mean so painful I'd rather have been in labor -- seriously. Now I can really sympathize with my friend going through Kidney Stones. I feel like I have stones up me. I have been eating, in my opinion, a lot of fibrous foods. Just in case though, I picked up some raspberries yesterday and a bottle of Colace stool softener. I popped the max dose and some raspberries at dinner hour... feeling a bit better now, but it sure was a struggle to pass three stools. Especially a surprise one at 11pm that had me so blocked and swollen I could barely urinate!! I've felt fine since, but who knows what the day brings.

My vag walls are swollen, I have a clear mucus discharge and a yellow one... not sure if its parts of my plug or just vag discharge. It will be interesting to see how dialated I am this time due to all my pains. I definitely think she will say I am a 4... but I'll update this later when I visit her at 1030. Lets also hope its not another 2hr visit... that was miserable.

I have actually been able to sleep more.... only waking up 2-3x a night versus the previous 4-5x. But I feel a strong pulling sensation right now on the front of my pelvis and inside me. I hope his head is engaged and that we are just waiting for contractions. I walked 4hrs yesterday and got nothing.