Hormones

I wonder if I'm going to make it to 40 weeks. I'm at 27 now (or will be on Saturday), and I feel like my hips will discintigrate if I add one more ounce of weight or pressure to my expanding frame. I don't remember being this achy and hormonal last time. I guess I'm experiencing some of the drawbacks of pregnancy in "advanced maternal age."

I was so busy trying to organize toys and baby things today that I forgot dinner on the stove until I smelled it burning. Oops. I woke up from a nap this afternoon (I know, how hard is my life???) feeling as if I hadn't slept in weeks. How is it possible to be more tired after a nap?

I'm at the mercy of my evil hormones--estrogen, progesterone and relaxin, just to name a few. And they are rendering me a physical and emotional mess. Good thing I have a sense of humor, right and this is only a temporary condition.

Eleven more weeks, and then, like the hormones coursing through my body, the aches, pains and memory of these hard days will dissipate into pure joy. I can't wait to meet her.