VERY swollen, and ready to have an outside baby...

Everyday I wake up my feet, ankles, and now most of my leg is getting more and more swollen. When I move my feet around, or squat down I can feel how tight my skin is getting, and just looking at them you can tell. At my last appointment, I told my Midwife how my blood pressure had been high the day before, and showed her how swollen my ankles were, she decided to run more blood tests, so I will probably find out more at my appointment tomorrow. My midwife didn't seem to concerned, because my blood pressure was fine at my appointment, and there was no protein in my urine ( which are things they look for with preeclampsia) I am starting to get a little more concerned with this swelling though, even if I don't have pre-e, I don't think I should be this swollen....

...and this was a few days ago, they look even worse now, and like I said above it's not just my ankles and feet anymore, it's my WHOLE leg! Well I guess I will just talk to my midwife about it tomorrow.

My parents came over yesterday and helped with a few things around the house that Nick and I were working on. My dad helped Nick fix the bath tub that had been leaking and they did it in record time, so I put them to work installing the car seat and fixing my wobbly cubby shelf in the baby's room :) My mom and I organized and put away all the baby clothes that a couple of the patients in my office gave me, and she helped me carry a lot of garbage ( boxes and such from opening baby stuff) out to the garage. It was so nice to have some help and get a few more things checked off my list.

I am still having lots of contractions, just nothing time-able. Every time I get a new ache or pain in my back or belly, I think to myself..." I wonder if that is a real contraction, I wonder if this is the start of labor" and I wait for a similar pain in a few minutes, but it never comes :( I am very grateful to be pregnant, and to have been able to carry this baby to a healthy full term, but I am getting sooooo uncomfortable that I would really just love to get him out. Nick is really starting to get the idea that I am ready, and he has been slightly ( and I mean slightly) sympathetic, but he is really hoping I can hold off at least until after Saturday because we are have a diaper keg for him that day that he doesn't want to miss.

Well I think that's all for now, I will post more bump pictures on Wednesday!