34 Weeks!

6 weeks to go. 42 days! It's starting to feel more real. People ask me if I'm "nervous" or "ready". Well, ready or not that baby's coming. And nervous, no. I trust in my body, my Doula, my OB/GYN, the miracle of childbirth, the birthin' babies education I've received so far, and the good Lord so why would I be nervous? Reg and I picked up a nice bassinet off of Craigslist on Sunday so the baby finally has someplace to sleep and that was a big weight off my shoulders; now we just absolutely have to go buy a carseat and damn, as far as I'm concerned we'll be totally ready to have that baby home with us. I just have to get my "changing table" (a folding card table) back from Paul as it's currently serving as the PRB merch table! LOL!

I don't have a huge nesting instinct yet (big surprise, my mom was never the nesting/nurturing mother type either) but I did make time on Sunday to organize all the baby clothes we received at the baby shower and I bought some dye/perfume-free detergent to wash them all with. Reg has organized the hell out of my house and moved furniture and cleaned and has been so awesome in that department.

I feel myself gradually feeling more tired and last week I found stretch marks for the first time! My tummy has looked great all along but I finally took the time to really inspect it and held a mirror underneath the tummy and BAM! There are just a few stretch marks hiding underneath there. Waaaah! I hope that's where they'll stay. In other health news, just more heartburn and now having to pop the Zantac 2X/day instead of just once. Pregnancy congestion is still rough on me and I'm short of breath sometimes. My taste buds work some days and some days they don't. But the newest thing is that my pelvis bones are just achy sometimes. I'll get up off the couch/up from a chair/out of bed/out of the car and have to hobble like an old woman b/c they're just SORE... And sometimes the baby's kicking/punching is very uncomfortable and even hurts. I read that's b/c right now he's taking up more space and the amniotic fluid level is lower b/c of his larger size which means there's less cushion for me from his tiny blows. But dammit, otherwise I feel pretty good, considering, and I keep reminding myself it could be so much worse and I'm grateful.

We played our last gigs for a couple of weeks this past weekend, including opening up for Monte Montgomery which was mind-blowing. Also last Weds. was my final "Pinche Miercoles" at the Continental until January and it was a fun Halloween one; I got to wear my costume 3 times this H'ween season and even got a round of applause at work that day, they liked it so much. Now the PRB will take a break until the CD Release party on the 17th. I haven't decided yet if I'll gig in December; it's dependent on if I feel miserable or not. These days I'm merely "uncomfortable". So we'll see.

Week 34