07-7-2009 - 36 weeks!!!

My mood while writing this blog: Tired of being \

Not much is new on my end.....week 36 has finally arrived! Ive been feeling more and more tired lately and I cannot stress enough how sick I am of being pregnant! I wish Sydney would just make her grand entrance into this world already. Next week Im apprently considered full term and Im keeping my fingers crossed that she will be arriving shortly thereafter. My heartburn has become so unbearable I dont even know what to do with myself. Ive been taking Zantac 150 and it barely helps, I take so many damn antacids its discusting. Im convinced that Im going to end up with more kidney stones due to my overconsuption of calcium, but theres not much I can do, sometimes the heartburn is so bad I feel like Im going to throw up. When I take a nap during the day (Im finding that I need to by this point in the game) I get sleep in increments of 20 or so minutes before I awaken choking on stomach acid and my throat feels like its been set a blaze! Its definately not pleasant. I pee like there is no tomorrow and I am constantly thirsty so I drink crazy amounts of water which just makes the peeing that much more frequent. I cant seem to get more than 2 hours of sleep at a time when I finally lay my head down at night because I am constantly peeing and in need of some antacids. My bowels are on the fritz! I have not experienced any constipation, just the opposite, I feel like Ive become some "poop machine" All in all Im just so sick of being pregnant and now that my due date is fast approaching Im finding myself more and more apprehensive about how labor is going to go. Initially throughout this pregnancy Ive been really excited about the whole labor process but now that its fast approaching, I am absolutely petrified (although Im anxious to get it over with so I can get some relief from being pregnant) Im scared that I wont be able to handle the pain or discomfort that physically having the baby will entail. I was really hoping to have a 100% natural labor/chilbirth but now Im starting to question myself and my ability to do it. Anyways ladies sorry for the rant, I know most of you are probably going through the same stuff (as far as the discomforts of pregnancy are concerned) I just needed to vent a little. Thanks for reading!

Chantal and Sydney.