Week 38

I gotta be honest. I don’t really remember Week 38. I mean I do, if I break down each day, but as a whole not really sure what happened. My parents came to visit. I went for a walk around my condo complex by myself. I made Idli/Sambar one night. Thank God I have my phone and  I have captured some photos of things thru out the week. Here we go:

This first picture is of my feet from last Wednesday or Thursday. I have never seen them swollen like this before. It’s not a camera angle that makes them look like that. They really are that big. You can call me Ms. Cankles temporarily.

This second picture shows the baby’s butt, foot, or knee pushing out. As you can imagine the belly should be semi round but the left side of the mountain is clearly raised. Use the line going down my belly to see how raised the left side is.

Oh, let me go back and tell you why I captured that photo. Early Wednesday morning, like 2am early, I got up to use the bathroom. Immediately I knew I wasn’t feeling well. I went to the bathroom and came back to bed. I started getting the worst stomach pains I have I ever felt. I had to go to the bathroom again. This time it was a little ugly if you catch my drift. I came back to bed. My lower back started hurting and I felt like I was going to throw up. I suck it up and sit in bed for a while. I check online to see if all or any of my symptoms were a sign of labor. Most sites said it was and recommended to call the doctor immediately.  I couldn’t take it anymore and woke Anand up at 2:20. We weren’t sure if it was labor, so we called Kavita and she suggested we call the doctor too. So we page the doctor at 2:25 and he calls us back within minutes. He said it could be something I ate or a virus. He said if it continued come see him at the office in the morning. He said there is nothing he can do about it and just to relax and hydrate myself since I probably lost so much water. If it was uterine cramps then we would have been in luck. He asked me to confirm the baby was moving. The stomach pain was probably the result of something I ate, which later I realized it must have been the bowl full of pasta that was super high in fiber. And later, I had some broccoli rabe. Back to the baby – well he was moving so much that a whole section of his/her body was sticking out. I have never seen a body part stick out that much. Anand witnessed it and can vouch that the picture doesn’t do justice to what we actually saw. It was pretty cool.

And this last picture is of the baby’s, okay fine, my crazy pregnancy cravings. I promise you that I really am a believer of mind over matter. I think most things you can control. But I swear there are times that no matter how much you try not to think about the warm and delicious Chocolate Lava Cake with Vanilla ice cream from Chili’s it’s something you cannot control. Case in point. So I couldn’t get the lava cake at 10:30 at night but I could make something at home. With my Kitchenaid by my side, I whipped up these super soft chocolate chip cookies in a matter of minutes. From scratch. Oh, yeah. The longest part was waiting for them to bake. By 11pm, my craving was satisfied and the baby was kicking with joy. That’s just the kind of mother I am. I am here to please.