I am 39 weeks pregnant today. One week from my due date. Since Ana was two weeks early, this is officially the most pregnant I have ever been. I’m still not overly uncomfortable, but I am really excited to meet my daughter already. My hospital bag is packed, the car seat is installed in the car, my camera has an empty memory card and a full battery, and all my friends and family are on stand-by. The point is, I’m ready.

Since I’m not really a fan of this hurry-up-and-wait business, I’ve done a couple searches on the Internet and tried some of the easier “natural pregnancy induction” techniques. I’ve walked. A LOT. Eaten lots of spicy food (which just kick starts my heartburn). Tonight we spent almost an hour in the swimming pool and then I had eggplant Parmesan for dinner. And I haven’t had one real contraction (I’m having Braxton Hicks contractions, but nothing more serious). With my gestational diabetes, my OB won’t let me go (much) past my due date, so if this little girl doesn’t start her descent soon, I may have an induction in my future. I’d much rather do this naturally, so keep thinking positive baby thoughts for me!

Hopefully this will be the last one of these I do. Here is my 39 week belly shot:

As always, any pictures of Baby Bateman 2.0 will be collected here. Also, earlier in the week, Sim, Ana and I met with my lovely friend Elle who took the most amazing maternity/family pictures for us. You have to see the fabulous slide show she put together for us over on her website, Zober Images.