imamaryanne

Yesterday was my last day at work. DO YOU HEAR ME WORLD????? I've been earning a paycheck since I was fifteen years old, just over half my life, and now I'm not. Now I'm going to become a stay at home mom. Which is.....weird for me. I've always wanted it and now that it's here, I'm happy. But I'm friggin terrified as well.

It's officially official that I'm being induced one week from today, on 2/25. I wanted to avoid it, but the last few weeks brought the nasty surprise of pregnancy-related sciatica, making it difficult for me to walk normally, and even making it impossible for me to walk at all on occasion. My doc offered to induce me and I insisted on waiting until I was 40 weeks at least, not going earlier. Then he did me a huge solid by filling out my FMLA forms and starting my leave a week ahead of schedule so that I have this whole week to rest my hip. (Not to mention the lower back, which hasn't exactly been feeling top-notch.) There's still a chance of course, that I could go into labor on my own in the next week.

This is what 39 weeks pregnant looks like. Ignore the messy ponytail I'm getting it cut rather dramatically on Tuesday. I'm also wearing one of only two pairs of pants that are even comfortable anymore. One week....just keep telling myself that...one week.