Third Trimester Recap

Well pregnancy - it's been great getting to know you the past 40+ weeks, but I am ready for us to part ways. I want to meet my daughter and I'd appreciate if you would let this relationship go. It's gone on too long already. We're almost a week past the 40 mark and there's nothing left for you and I at this point.

Overall, the third trimester has definitely felt the longest. I knew going into it that it would, but man, I'm really starting to get impatient here! Fortunately, the entire trimester was just as smooth as the second so really I shouldn't be complaining at all...

Highlights:

• Our trip to the States in March. We got to go on an amazing babymoon in Mexico and take fantastic maternity pictures. We also got to have two unbelievable baby showers (here and here) with so many friends and family in Houston!
• We announced Madison's name to our family and finished decorating her apartment, err, I mean nursery. ;-)
• We finished lots of research and I got all of the crafts done that I wanted to prepare for her arrival, the last being her monthly onesies.

Lowlights:

• Hmmm... going past Madi's due date is the only thing that I can think of right now. We are still constantly praying that I start labor naturally this week.

Thoughts:

• I posted most of my thoughts/feelsing in this confessions post. Currently, we are just waiting for her to arrive now. Everyone keeps telling me to just enjoy this quiet time with just Jason and I because our lives are about to change forever. Good advice, but both Jason and I have just about had our fill of relaxing and are anxious and ready to meet our daughter at this point!
• We tried everything in the book to induce labor this past week, including walking over 15+ miles in the evening! (The only thing we didn't try was castor oil and that's because Jason refused to let me...)
• I feel very blessed that I've had such a wonderful pregnancy and that I am still feeling great. I have been able to sleep between 8-10 hours every night with only one, sometimes two, bathroom breaks. I am still not having back pain (although during our 2.5 hour walk on Saturday I started to have a little discomfort) and overall am feeling amazing.  

And I didn't realize just how big I've gotten until I compared my Week 5 and Week 40 pictures... Wow!