Two weeks to go!

I went to the doctor earlier this week for my checkup and learned that I'm one whole cm dilated!  And apparently my cervix is soft... Both of those points indicate pretty much nothing, but that I'm getting closer... My doctor seemed happy with my progress.  My strep B test was negative (yay!), Brady's heartbeat is strong and my weight is on track.  So... all in all, things are good.  The doc thinks I will likely deliver near my due date... but who knows.  She gave me the little talk about 5-1-1 (go to the hospital once contractions are 5 minutes apart, 1 minute in duration for 1 hour), provided me with a copy of my lab work and sent me on my way.

I dropped off all my pre-registration paperwork at the hospital and have been just trying to make my way through my to-do list and all of my baby care and breastfeeding books.

Right now, though, I'm suffering from a bit of insomnia... It's 12:48am and I am wide awake... I've been trying to sleep for about 2 hours and I give up... My sleep lately has been so wackadoo... I've been having a hard time falling asleep at night, but then I sleep until 11am or so, which is really annoying... I don't like wasting the day (especially when I have so much I want to do before Brady arrives).

I thought that as he got bigger and more crowded his movement would slow down a bit... But, right now he's going absolutely bonkers... contorting my belly like you would never believe... How could anyone sleep through this?  And it's worrying me that he's doing this at 1am... I don't need a little night owl...

My energy level lately has also been all over the map... I will have a ton of energy and take on a project, like vacuuming and mopping the whole apartment and then I will just crash... then an hour later, I will be inclined to start something new, like writing thank you notes for the many wonderful gifts we received, or organizing photos into albums... Then I will need a nap... It's just so back and forth ... But I think this is par for the course.

Honestly, I am just so over this pregnancy. I want my body back.  I know that this insomnia will turn into sleep deprivation in a few short weeks, but I don't care... I'm just ready for him to be here.  It's been a long 38 weeks and I'm ready to meet this little man.