32 Weeks

Here I am. Getting bigger and more pregnant by the day. Or so it seems. The estimates are that the baby weighs about 4 pounds now and could be anywhere from 17 to almost 19 inches long. There are times I feel like he/she is about 25 inches long and looking for an escape route out my right side. In case you are wondering, that is not an exit. And feels like that when the baby is pushing against me.

I am feeling much better than a couple of weeks ago. The pains I had have long since subsided. Not to say that I am the epitome of comfortable. That wouldn't be true, but after those couple of days of feeling really crappy, this is so much better. I do see the doctor tomorrow. I am hoping for another quick appointment and another 3 week interval before my next one. We'll see what he has to say tomorrow. I am a little afraid he will move it to every 2 weeks - and I just know that I am ready for that. And I might be a very bad patient. I like the latest (4 o'clock) appointments. This time, with the 3 week lapse, I was only able to get a 3:30. If we move to 2 weeks, I am afraid it might be even earlier. I can't go earlier. I have this little thing called class. So I might be rebellious. Let's just say we are hoping for a 4:00 and then this is all moot. On a completely different note, we are starting a new Bible study tonight at church on Jonah. I am pretty excited. The subtitle is something like, "Dealing with a life interrupted" and I feel like that could describe me on a couple of different levels. I am hoping that God will open my eyes and my heart to the message I need to hear and apply to my life.

Speaking of messages from God... I am getting just a little stressed about the fact that Baby Mills is nameless and there doesn't seem to be any big hope of that changing. We don't fight about it, but we really don't seem to have any type of consensus. I am praying - fervently and often - that God will lay the right names on Nathan and me. Preferably before the 30 days after birth has passed. So if you have some room in your prayer life, you might want to add that to the list. I desperately want the child to have the name God has picked. I want to be attentive to that, so I am looking for some revelation about it.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers as we wind this pregnancy down. Just an FYI - Jillian was born at 36 weeks, 5 days. I am at 32 weeks now. I am not counting on this one coming early, but I think we would be remiss if we ignored the previous experience!!! I am actually hoping this one comes on time or maybe a day or two later. My sick day situation would appreciate that timing, but we will be ready before that (well, with everything but the name and I make NO promises about that).