38 weeks

Guess what. I still haven't had any contractions. I really wish no one had ever told me that 37 weeks was considered full term. I know that it's still 2 weeks until my initial due date and 1 week from my doctor's estimated date, but I'm getting very impatient. Every little pain and discomfort alarms me, and I think could this be a contraction. So far each of these pains has meant a) I have to go pee again. b) I have gas. or c) my belly has outgrown the rest of my body and it's just uncomfortable to drag around. The baby is still moving a good bit. I think she is teasing me and poking my bladder because it's funny.

This weekend we did a little more nursery shopping and decorating. We bought a side table at IKEA. This table was a breeze to put together. Nothing like the bookshelf of profanity that sits on the other side of the room. We put the monitor and a lamp on the side table. We've been looking for some decoration to hang over the crib. I decided to make some elephants out of the extra fabric from the curtains. They look kind of cute, and the project is keeping my mind off of the fact that the baby is refusing to come out for a few seconds of each minute.
I consumed a good bit of spicy food this weekend, including the ginger chicken from Thai Cottage with level 4 spiciness. It was really good, but the poor waiter could not keep enough water on our table. After the ginger chicken, I had my one true bout of acid reflux that has occurred during this pregnancy. It felt like I was gargling with Tabasco. Thankfully that passed very quickly. We still haven't tried that other method of bringing on labor. I keep threatening Tony with it, mostly as a joke. But I might get serious about it in a few more days.