I have had several comments made in response to the post on my emotional break down due to my ever increasing weight.  (See:  May 31, 2007, Weighing in… update).  First of all I want thank everyone for their concern and support.  Your words of encouragement really mean a lot to me.  Secondly, I just want you to know that I was not seeking attention or sympathy when I wrote the post.  Writing the post served as a cathartic experience and helped me deal with the demon that plagued me… at least for the most part.  This is not to say that I am over my weight issue, but for the most part I am trying to be positive about it knowing that I have done my best trying to control the weight gain.  It also helps a tad bit that every now and then my husband mentions how much better I look this pregnancy compared to my previous two.  Which makes me wonder, “How big of a whale did I look like when I was pregnant with Aidan and Mark?”  There goes that blasted demon again… let’s not even go there.

Anyways, for those of you who are interested, here is an update on my pregnancy so far.  At 32 weeks I had an ultrasound to check on the length of my cervix.  Turns out my cervix has softened.  For those of you unfamiliar with the pregnancy mumble jumble, a softened cervix is the beginning stage of labor.  I believe it also called effacing.  After that comes dilation and contractions, and then the great pushing, and finally the baby.  Although I have not been put on bed rest, I have been told to take it easy.  This means no more working out for me.  🙁  I have had a hard time dealing with the fact that I can’t work out especially in the face of my ballooning weight, but like I said earlier, I’m trying to stay positive about this.  Damn that demon!  Who cares if I gain 40 lbs and look like I swallowed the whole whale, at least my baby will be healthy, and most importantly, not premature.  🙂   

I will be 34 weeks tomorrow (Sunday, July 29, 2007), which means I only have two more weeks to go before the baby is considered full term and we are in the clear.  Yay!  I can’t wait to see my baby girl.  I already believe that she will have my nose.  Oh, I’m so excited.

PS:  At the last ultrasound, we found out that the baby weighed 4 lbs 2 oz.