3rd Trimester ~ Nearing The End of A Journey ~

I am officially 37 weeks pregnant today. According to the charts, I have about 21 more days to go. Yikes! All sorts of feeling had come and gone these past few weeks and I am becoming more and more panicky as I haven't got all my preparations down pat. I still haven't pack my hospital bag and the baby bag is still incomplete.

Lately I have been feeling short of breath most of the time and walking around too long makes me tired and my feet ache. My tummy feels so stretched out and tight making me feel tired more easily especially when I am on my feet for more than an hour. I do wonder if this condition is the same for every pregnant women out there but then maybe it's just me being a weakling. I can't even walk that fast anymore but just waddle along taking my own sweet time like a penguin.

I also start to worry about going into labour. I don't really know whether I have the strength to go through normal labour and I worry about my low pain threshold. There is also the possibility of me getting an emergency cesarean operation if anything goes wrong while I am in labour. I try my best to calm myself down by thinking about the baby but sometimes the anxiety is too much to bear.

The baby is getting more and more active everyday. I still cannot get a pattern of when the baby is active most but it seems that the little tyke kicks around most when I eat a little later than I should, when I am stuck in a loooooong endless meeting, when it is time for bed and when I lie down sideways and the baby got a little bit squished inside. I do sometimes wonder whether the baby is doing fine being cramped inside since most probably she/he has less room to move around. Maybe that's why she/he is kicking around a lot?

I also do notice that people tend to look at my tummy a lot whenever I am out shopping with my hubby. It makes me wonder, "Is my tummy very huge?". According to my sister my preggy tummy is just as normal sized as any other preggies but still those wandering eyes makes me feel like my baby belly is too big. Maybe I should stare at their bellies in exchange to rectify their habit of staring at other people's pregnant tummy?

Anyway, we've got our appointment with Dr. S today and she wants to check out whether I am near labour.  I do hope everything is all right and the delivery will be as easy and not too painful as some people had experienced before me. Wish me luck guys! ( ^_^ )