How I'm Feeling

We haven't posted in a while. Brett and I have been very busy with school and the pregnancy. For a while my ligaments were killing me. As the uterus grows, the ligaments attaching it to the pelvis stretch. Initially, the baby is too small to rest on the pelvis so his/her weight is on those stretched ligaments. This = OUCH! Our typical day during this stint in the pregnancy went something like this:
help Sarina out of bed, go to school, come home, make/eat dinner, do some homework, massage Sarina, go to bed...repeat
People who hear about the massage are usually like, "Oooo, massage. So sexy." Let me tell you. This was no sexy massage. My muscles were all knotted and tense - it was painful! If Brett didn't massage me then I was in so much pain the morning from my ligaments...yuck.

Anyway, that's over now because the baby is big enough to rest on my pelvis. Woo! But now, I feel big. Most women I talk to really want the pregnancy to be over and want that baby out during the last month. I have about three months to go and I'm like, "OK, when's the baby coming?" I'm ready to be done. I'm heavy and slow and awkward. I can't carry stuff. Everyone is very nice asking me questions about how the pregnancy is going and being supportive. But sometimes, I'm thinking, "I'm more than a pregnant lady! Don't you want to know what I think about Tertullian's treatise 'On Patience'?" I'm also cranky. At about 9pm I'm not quite ready to go to sleep, but I'm incapable of having a normal conversation. Poor Brett. Sometimes I crank at him, but I'm working on that.

For the most part, this has been an easy pregnancy. Micah is pretty chill in utero. He moves, but he doesn't keep me awake at night. His movements aren't painful although sometimes when he moves my belly feels really tight. I'm not sick anymore so I can eat anything I want. However, sans pregnancy I have a great metabolism so I can eat anything and not gain a pound. Now, my body is hyper-drive storage center. I've gained a lot of weigh, already more than the recommended 25-30 pounds (who came up with that number anyway?). But, what's a girl to do? It'll all come off with breastfeeding.

So, that's how I'm feeling.

Oh yeah. Micah is due July 11th. Here's the timeline until then:
April 19th - present candidacy questions and statement of faith to session
May 11th - final papers and finals are due, but classes aren't over so I still have to go to class
May 24th - graduation!
May 30th - present candidacy questions and statement of faith to CPM
June 2nd-3rd - move
June 4th - go before Prebytery to get candidacy approved

That's not to mention all the other things that are going on in between all that stuff. Whew!