My mind is drifting to Devin a lot this week. I keep thinking about how this is as far as he got, that by this point in the pregnancy he was probably already gone (but he wasn’t born until 35w5d). It doesn’t overwhelm me, but it’s just sitting with me this week. I check Ember’s movement frequently throughout the day, sometimes jiggling her foot to get her to push back at me just to double-check. She seems good though. It is reassuring to know that Kate made it through okay, Kate is alive and healthy, so I hold to that and believe that this one will too.

Contractions are becoming more frequent, though they are not painful, just annoying. I so look forward to another month of these (that was sarcasm, by the way). They do make me really have to pee and I am tired of running to the bathroom! Especially in the middle of the night. Either Kate or one of the animals will make some kind of whining noise, I’ll wake up and roll over, then I get a contraction and realize I have to pee NOW and go very quietly tip-toeing across the hall, hoping that Kate doesn’t hear me and wake up and that the animals realize it’s middle of the night and don’t get up. At 3am I’m usually successful. At 6 or 7am one of the furry creatures in the house usually gets all excited and ruins the rest of my morning. Grr. When Den gets home they are all his problem!

Ember’s feet are still always up moving around, I can feel them clear as day now. I can usually feel around my belly and find at least one foot if not two just hanging out there as lumps below the surface. I can’t wait until Den gets home and gets to feel her moving the way she does now! No random kicks anymore… now you can just feel her shifting, stretching, pushing, rolling. The hands down below do still punch me randomly. I’ve had a couple punches to the cervix this morning (I assume)…. sends a little jolt up my spine. I keep trying to get her on video but she quiets down when I grab the camera.